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Interviews and archival footage are used to tell the story of post-war Broadway through the 1960s.
Tag: Music
No Manifesto: A Film About Manic Street Preachers 2015 • Movie
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In 1991, the Manic Street Preachers planned to sell 16 million copies of their debut and split up. Many years, many hits and one big mystery later, this colourful band and its fans appear in a unique documentary that tells their full story.
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll 1987 • Movie
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This documentary movie covers two concerts at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri, to celebrate Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday, and also discusses his life and career.
Hilary and Jackie 1999 • Movie
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The tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
The Rolling Stones Olé, Olé, Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America 2016 • Movie
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Rocknroll concert doc following the Stones on their 2016 tour, culminating in their historic stop in Havana, Cuba.
Shock ‘Em Dead 1991 • Movie
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Martin is a total loser who makes a deal with the devil to become the greatest rock star in the world.
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert 1994 • Movie
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Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
England Is Mine 2017 • Movie
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A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths.
Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road 2022 • Movie
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Documentary that looks at the career of musician Brian Wilson.
Rodrigo D: No futuro 1991 • Movie
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Rodrigo and his friends are bored teenagers living in Medellin. Rodrigo wants to start a punk band. The youths mainly loaf around the hillside shanty towns and, for kicks, steal a bike or car, or shoot someone.
RocKabul 2018 • Movie
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Since 2002 more than a trillion dollars have been injected into Afghanistan. This film examines the counter-insurgency/culture campaign that the Westeners waged. Told through the eyes of the country’s first-ever heavy metal band.
Gandemic 2021 • Movie
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The one and only undisputed, unkabogable phenomenal superstar VICE GANDA is ready to spread some good vibes in the first-ever Digital Comedy Concert in the Philippines, GANDEMIC: VICE GANDA THE VG-TAL CONCERT. Comedy is second skin to Vice Ganda. Even in the daily noontime program, “It’s Showtime,” he always delivers a prolific output in front of the camera. So what is “Gandemic” and why was he compelled to stage the show? “Gandemic” is that “infectious laughter and happiness caused by a Vice that is called Ganda,” he said. “This infectious happiness and laughter have been occurring around the world, crossing international boundaries.”
Scream for Me Sarajevo 2018 • Movie
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In 1994 Sarajevo began a descent into chaos. Amongst the madness, 2 UN personnel: decided it would be fun to persuade a rock star (Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden) to come and play a gig to the population. Scream for Me Sarajevo tells the story, in all its madness, of musicians who risked their lives to play a gig, and the people who risked their lives to see them.
Talento de barrio 2008 • Movie
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A young drug dealer falls in love while facing disruption among the men in his gang, and being offered a career as a Reggaetón singer.
Life Is a Miracle 2004 • Movie
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What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka’s wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka’s life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..
A Face in the Crowd 1957 • Movie
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A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.
Mamonas Pra Sempre 2009 • Movie
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Documentary about the story of Dinho, Bento, Julio, Samuel and Sergio, who started making dark songs in a band called Utopia and reached national fame in Brazil in 1995 as the comedy rock band Mamonas Assassinas.
Too Young to Die! Wakakushite shinu 2016 • Movie
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Supernatural comedy about an unlucky high school student who dies in a bus crash during a school trip only to be press-ganged into a demonic rock band in Hell. Daisuke (Ryunosuke Kamiki) wants to confess his crush to his would-be girlfriend Hiromi (Aoi Morikawa), only to die unexpectedly and find himself in Hell. There Daisuke encounters the flamboyant Killer K (Tomoya Nagase), the lead guitar and vocalist of the infernal rock band known as Hells, and together they embark on a hard-rocking tour of the Afterlife in an attempt to get Daisuke back to the Land of the Living and the girl he loves.
Still Smokin 1983 • Movie
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Cheech and Chong fly to the marijuana capital of the world, Amsterdam, for a film festival where they take Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds’ place in a limo, suite, press conference and performance. They throw in some sketches as well.
Songcatcher 2001 • Movie
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After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life – a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted – not only by the rugged purity of the music, but also by the raw courage and endurance of the local people as they carve out meaningful lives against the harshest conditions. It is not, however, until she meets Tom – a handsome, hardened war veteran and talented musician – that she’s forced to examine her motivations. Is the “Songcatcher,” as Tom insists, no better than the men who exploit the people and extort their land?
Blues Brothers 2000 1998 • Movie
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Elwood must reunite the old band, with a few new members, and go on another “Mission from God.”
Desperate Teenage Lovedolls 1984 • Movie
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The rise and fall of an all-girl punk rock band in Hollywood in the 1980s.
The Jazz Singer 1928 • Movie
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The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Fraktus – Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte 2012 • Movie
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An inept music manager documents his attempt of bringing about a comeback of the 80s techno pioneers Fraktus, who in the past 30 years have disconnected both from each other and their music.
Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name 2022 • Movie
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Focus on the duo’s 2010 world tour, dubbed the “Troubadour Reunion Tour.”
We Are the Best! 2014 • Movie
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Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band — despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
The Marrying Man 1991 • Movie
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A millionaire playboy goes to Las Vegas and comes out married to a woman he barely knows.