Paramount+ has set premiere dates for June, a new feature doc on country singer-songwriter June Carter Cash from Emmy winner Kristen Vaurio, one of the producers behind the acclaimed Alex Gibney pic Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief.
Set to debut in the U.S. and Canada on January 16, the film will debut one day later in territories including the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
The news come ahead of June‘s DOC NYC Festival world premiere, which is set for November 12. A five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, comedian, musician, actor and author, Carter Cash’s remarkable career saw her open for Elvis, appear onscreen with Robert Duvall and Jane Seymour, and co-write one of the most recognizable country songs of all time, in “Ring of Fire.” While she’s perhaps at time been overshadowed by her iconic husband Johnny Cash, in this film, she takes center stage.
Before diving into the complex life of Carter Cash, the film shines a spotlight on the history of country music and the mark the Carter and Cash families made on the genre.
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