Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm

Name: Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm
Director: Jacob Hatley
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2010-11-24
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Levon Helm, Libby Titus, Larry Campbell, Barney Hoskyns, Rick Danko

Directed by Jacob Hatley

Documentary Music

20101h 23m6.2

Overview

Starting with the image of a tour bus warming its engine in the stillness of an empty lot, this haunting, personal portrait of music legend Levon Helm evokes the mood of a lifetime spent on the road. Jacob Hatley's extraordinarily intimate documentary finds Helm, a founding member of The Band, at home in Woodstock in the midst of creating his first studio album in 25 years. The ultimate survivor, he's overcome drugs, bankruptcy, the bitter breakup of The Band and a bout of throat cancer -but then, as the rueful title indicates, he wasn't in it for his health