Category Archives: Documentary / Music
Amazing Grace
Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, Featured, February 2020, G, Worldwide on November 4th, 2019
Concert footage from 1972 of Aretha Franklin performing songs from the best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. CRITICS CONSENSUS (from Rotten Tomatoes) Brilliantly capturing a remarkable performer near the peak of her prodigious power, Amazing Grace is a thrilling must-watch documentary for Aretha…
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Every Little Step
Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, May 2010, PG-13, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011
Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
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Chops
Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, February 2009, N/A, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011
Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center and its artistic director Wynton Marsalis host the Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country. Bruce Broder's documentary focuses on one Florida band's experience at the festival.
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CSNY Deja Vu
Posted in Current Releases, Documentary / Music, July 2009, R, Worldwide on January 7th, 2011
The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Freedom of Speech Tour" crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences.
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