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Director: Jacob Hatley – 83 minutes – USA Official Selection: SXSW Film Festival

Short: Filmed during the final years of his life, Ain’t In It For My Health sees Levon Helm forced to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band’s demise: throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of band mates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko.

Long: “Ain’t In It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm is a captivating look at a musician hanging onto his art for dear life, even when he’s too weary to perform.” – The Hollywood Reporter

With unprecedented access to Levon Helm, one of rock’s greatest musicians, Jacob Hatley has documented a powerful, sad, and yet still inspirational story as Helm shows that his passion for music has not faded at all, despite demons and extremely difficult times that would likely have squashed the spirit of most.

Filmed during the final years of his life, Ain’t In It For My Health sees Helm finding himself in the spotlight for the first time in a quarter century, as a Grammy nomination and ever-growing audiences force him to confront the dark times that have haunted him since The Band’s demise: throat cancer, bankruptcy, drug addiction and the tragic loss of band mates Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. Win or lose, Levon was an artist who refused to go quietly into the night.