Overview
- The documentary premiered at SXSW in Austin, drawing reactions to its candid look at fame, family and mental health.
- It traces Kahan’s post–Stick Season rise, his Vermont roots and Nashville home life, and his openness about depression, disordered eating and body dysmorphia, tying to his Busyhead Project advocacy.
- Kahan says filming spanned about 18 months and prompted difficult conversations that he says brought his family closer.
- Directed by Nick Sweeney, the film lists RadicalMedia, Live Nation Studios, Polygram Entertainment and Federal Films as production partners.
- Kahan continues the rollout with The Great Divide produced with Gabe Simon and The National’s Aaron Dessner, after sessions at Long Pond, and he played a brief surprise set in Austin following the premiere.