Janis Joplin documentary Janis: Little Girl Blue will run in a select number of U.K. and Ireland cinemas this week.

After a special screening in London on February 2, the film opens at cinemas in the capital, Dublin, Manchester, Cardiff and Wallingford on February 5 and will then also run in Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Brighton and Cambridge from February 12.

Other venues will screen the film throughout January and into March, April and May.

The film, directed by Amy J. Berg, presents a portrait of Joplin and features archive footage alongside Joplin's personal correspondence, as well as new interviews with her family, childhood friends, musical associates and colleagues including Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and TV host Dick Cavett.

Janis: Little Girl Blue is produced by Alex Gibney and narrated by musician Cat Power. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival last September.