The intimate video diary of Shannon Hoon, the late lead singer of alt-rock band Blind Melon.
Shannon Hoon, lead singer of Blind Melon, filmed himself from 1990-95 with a Hi8 video camera until his sudden death at the age of 28. His camera was a diary and his closest confidant. In the hundreds of hours of footage, Hoon meticulously documented his life – his family, his creative process, his band’s rise to fame and his struggle with addiction. He filmed his daughter’s birth and archived the politics and culture of the 90s, an era right before the internet changed the world.
Created with his own footage, voice and music, this intimate autobiography is a prescient exploration of experience and memory in the age of video. It is also Shannon Hoon’s last work, completed 23 years after his death.
Taryn is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and editor based in Brooklyn, NY. After Graduating from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, she began her career on the road documenting artists like Lil Mama and The Roots, and filming for Atlantic records. Her work has been shortlisted for an Academy Award, nominated for a Best Music Film Grammy, screened at Sundance, Tribeca, SXSW, Hot Docs, SIFF, IDFA and Locarno and had a theatrical run at Film Forum. It has been featured by the New York Times and Variety, who called her work “movingly intense”, and is currently streaming on Netflix and Amazon. Her documentaries include Ram Dass, Going Home (2017, editor, co-producer), Narcissister Organ Player (2018, producer, editor), Susanne Bartsch: On Top (2016, editor, co-producer) and Let’s Play Two: Pearl Jam Live at Wrigley Field (2017, editor, co-writer).
