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A look at the life and music of legendary singer and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples.
Folk music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie became internationally renowned with her protest song "Universal Soldier." In this short documentary, she candidly discusses her hopes, creative vision and songwriting skills, as well as her role as an Aboriginal activist. Still a vibrant artist fifty years into her career, she keeps her eyes set on the future.
Yukina Minato gathers members intertwined with different thoughts to form a band and participate at the Future World Fes. This is the story of their "promise" from their formation to the challenge of the music festival.
A journey inside the mind of a mesmerizing NYC street performer and violinist, Adrian Jusdanis, the mastermind behind the musical project known as New Thousand. Joined by drummer Alan Zavodsky, also known as Go Alan Go, witness their electrifying performances and discover the unconventional techniques that define their distinctive sound, fueled by the vibrant energy of the crowd.
Follows the life and career of legendary composer Alfred Newman.
22-year-old Miles Davis embarks on a transformative trip to Paris in 1949, where he falls into a passionate romance with Juliette Gréco, the French singer, actress, and Left Bank icon. What begins as an intimate affair blossoms into a profound connection between two young artists—just before they became cultural legends.
Pique Dame (or "The Queen of Spades") inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or "Passacaille") set to a music by Anton Webern: two Roland Petit masterpieces brought together on one memorable evening at the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow. Recorded live, 19th of May 2005.
Alvarenga and Ranchinho have a law firm in a small village and go to Rio de Janeiro to hire artists for the village's radio station.
Billy, an aspiring artist and musician, grapples with the challenges of growing up, navigating heartbreak, anxiety, and a myriad of nightmares. His quest leads him on a surreal odyssey through his dreams, where he seeks to unravel the deeper significance of his many concerns.
In a big metropolis, a mysterious character in the fuzzy outlines drowns himself in its thoughts.
Dutão must choose between his band and an internship. Will it be music, or the office?
A former teen pop star is now a criminal defense attorney, and bound to a wheelchair. When her coworker tries to get a band off the ground, she sends him vocal tracks anonymously, and the decision threatens to dig up her buried past.
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.
All fears, anxieties and hopes are embodied in the character of Margo, a songwriter who was once famous but who now isolates herself in her apartment. A party held to celebrate her 40th birthday and the emotions that are born there unexpectedly help Margo enter a new stage in her life.
Experimental Short, Brazil
In 1948, French singer Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) receives a Paillard Bolex, his first camera. Until 1982, he will shoot hours of footage, his filmed diary. Wherever he goes, he carries his camera with him. He films his life and lives as he films: places, moments, friends, loves, misfortunes.
Giuseppe is carried by passing passions—singing, insects, private investigation, embroidery—until one day in the park, he meets a quiet balloon seller. Something about her makes him pause.
A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. The plot of the musical centers around a reunion of showgirls who appeared in an annual Follies extravaganza when it was staged between the wars.