Music

18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre

The secrets of a sacred chant from those who have been touched by it.

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5 Sides of a Coin

Exploding the myth that Hip-Hop is merely 'rap music,' "5 Sides of a Coin" is an overview of the worldwide phenomenon of Hip-Hop.

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Almost Elvis

Filmed in every corner of America and over two years in the making, Almost Elvis is the ultimate documentary on the world of Elvis impersonators;...

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Ben Harper: Pleasure + Pain

"Pleasure & Pain" is an intriguing and in-depth look at the life that is lived by contemporary roots rock icon Ben Harper. This documentary offers...

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Better Living Through Circuitry

The most important film to document youth culture since WOODSTOCK. A cross-section of the electronic subculture is represented as ravers, Djs,...

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Black Picket Fence

Black Picket Fence is director Sergio Goes' poignant portrait of the bleak realities of life in the public housing projects of Brooklyn's East...

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Body and Soul: An American Bridge

The most recorded song in jazz reveals the overwhelming influences, collaborations, and conflicts between Blacks and Jews in American music....

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Bury the Hatchet

BURY THE HATCHET features three Mardi Gras Indian Chiefs in a dynamic and intimate portrait of the unique, endangered and often hidden New Orleans...

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Dances of Ecstasy

DANCES OF ECSTASY is a sensory journey into the mesmerizing world of trance and ecstasy that binds dancers from Manhattan to Morocco. Filmmakers...

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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters.

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Footsteps in Africa: A Nomadic Journey

Director Kathi von Koerber has created a visual love letter to the nomadic Tuareg people's way of life. Following a community in perpetual motion,...

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From Shtetl to Swing

Between 1880 and 1924, 2.5 million Jews fled persecution in Russia and Eastern Europe, kissed the shtetl goodbye and migrated to America. Turning...

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Funny Kinda Guy

Funny Kinda Guy follows the transition from female to male of transgendered singer-songwriter Simon de Voil. From his first injection of testosterone...

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Growing Up on Tour

"Growing Up on Tour" follows Peter Gabriel on the Growing Up tour of 2002. With his eldest daughter filming, his second daughter singing and...

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Haack: The King of Techno

The enigmatic underground pioneer Bruce Haack, musician and inventor, has inspired the likes of Beck, Money Mark of the Beastie Boys, and Mouse...

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Holding on to Jah

"Holding on to Jah" is a unique film about the history and culture of roots Reggae music and the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica, as told by...

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I Am What I Play

A feature-length documentary about the heyday of rock radio.

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Isn't This a Time!

WASN'T THAT A TIME (1981) took a winsome look at the seemingly last reunion of the legendary folk group The Weavers. Nearly two decades later,...

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The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground

The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground, is a feature-length documentary about the Grammy Award-winning, New York-based, klezmer band. The Klezmatics...

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Liquid Vinyl

Crowds were moved to ecstasy as the first superstar DJs emerged out of the gay, underground New York City club scene in the '80s. The cult......

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Mandala Beats

Crossing borders through music.

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New Muslim Cool

NEW MUSLIM COOL takes viewers on Hamza's ride through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey...

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On the Banks of the Tigris: The Hidden Story of Iraqi Music

On the Banks of the Tigris explores the hidden Jewish influence on Iraqi music.

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Radiohead: Meeting People is Easy

Where most rock documentaries simply record concerts and the daily grind of the road, here filmmaker Grant Gee's lenses focus on an important...

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Rage: 20 Years of Punk Rock - West Coast Style

"The Pistols called collect and the West Coast paid the bill" - RAGE is the documentation of the evolution of one of the most explosive art forms...

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Rock the Bells

A definitive document of contemporary Hip Hop culture, ROCK THE BELLS is the story of the 2004 Rock The Bells festival in San Bernardino, California....

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Smile 'Til It Hurts

SMILE 'TIL IT HURTS: The Up With People Story explores the clean-cut, smile-drenched singing phenomenon Up With People.

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Song Searcher

A man's lifelong search for authentic Yiddish folk music and his unique archive which was presumed to be lost forever.

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Songs for Cassavetes

A look at the do-it-yourself world of underground music from the perspective of those who make it happen. Inspired by a quote from late director...

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Speaking in Strings

An Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary 2000, World premiere at Sundance 1999, SPEAKING IN STRINGS is a rhythmic, often humorous film about...

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The Swell Season

In 2008, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova captivated audiences and earned two Academy Awards for their musical collaboration in the film Once......

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Tangled Up in Bob

"Bob Dylan may be the Shakespeare of our time," says BJ Rolfzen, Dylan's high school English teacher. Even Shakespeare had parents and a home...

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Walter Arlen's First Century

Exile music is not written by those whom life left unchallenged.

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The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights

The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights is a visual and emotional feature length film documenting The White Stripes making their...

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You See Me Laughin'

A personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the Mississippi hill country bluesmen.

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