June
Featuring rare and never-before-seen archival material, JUNE is a feature documentary that reveals the extraordinary life work of June Carter Cash, whose iconic entertainment career often goes overshadowed by her similarly monumental husband. Alongside enlightening interviews with her family and some of her closest friends and admirers including Dolly Parton, Reese Witherspoon, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves and Emmylou Harris, June, the artist and incomparable woman herself, finally takes center stage.
June made its world premiere at DOC NYC and is now streaming in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria on Paramount+.
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While many people know of June Carter Cash, often its first and foremost as Johnny Cash’s wife and less as a music superstar in her own right. The documentary rectifies that collective oversight and presents a lovingly crafted, richly detailed rendering of a life well lived, covering her career, family, music, mentorship, and, yes, relationship with Johnny, something that has become (thanks to movies like Walk the Line) an American fable.
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The critic Robert Christgau once characterized Carter Cash, who died in 2003, as ‘that rare thing, an interesting saint: fiery, feisty, creative, proactive.’ Contemporary interviews here with the likes of Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Carter Cash’s stepdaughter Roseane Cash and Carter Cash’s daughter Carlene Carter, expand on her gifts, both musical and maternal.
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The greatest music documentaries reveal underexplored truths, shining light on those influential, larger-than-life figures. The best ones offer course-correcting history lessons that go down like water. That is the case of ‘June’, Paramount+’s new documentary on June Carter Cash.
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Stream June to be mesmerized by old footage of June Carter Cash, who was always known as a singer but was certainly funnier than a lot of people workin in 1950s and 60s show business. Sturidly made and sensitive, June reveals the details in Carter Cash’s professional and personal story with lots of access to those old recordings and the benefit of loving family members.
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This reimagining—in an era when country music is again soaring to America’s cultural pinnacle while women are struggling for broader, sustainable appeal in the genre—is both unique and vital.
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... recontextualizes the country icon’s place in music canon. She’s so much more than Johnny Cash’s wife
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Press
“The critic Robert Christgau once characterized Carter Cash, who died in 2003, as ‘that rare thing, an interesting saint: fiery, feisty, creative, proactive.’ Contemporary interviews here with the likes of Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Carter Cash’s stepdaughter Roseane Cash and Carter Cash’s daughter Carlene Carter, expand on her gifts, both musical and maternal.”
“The greatest music documentaries reveal underexplored truths, shining light on those influential, larger-than-life figures. The best ones offer course-correcting history lessons that go down like water. That is the case of ‘June’, Paramount+’s new documentary on June Carter Cash.”
“This reimagining - in an era when country music is again soaring to America’s cultural pinnacle while women are struggling for broader, sustainable appeal in the genre - is both unique and vital.”
“Stream June to be mesmerized by old footage of June Carter Cash, who was always known as a singer but was certainly funnier than a lot of people workin in 1950s and 60s show business. Sturidly made and sensitive, June reveals the details in Carter Cash’s professional and personal story with lots of access to those old recordings and the benefit of loving family members.”
“... recontextualizes the country icon’s place in music canon. She’s so much more than Johnny Cash’s wife”
“Stream June to be mesmerized by old footage of June Carter Cash, who was always known as a singer but was certainly funnier than a lot of people workin in 1950s and 60s show business. Sturidly made and sensitive, June reveals the details in Carter Cash’s professional and personal story with lots of access to those old recordings and the benefit of loving family members.”