Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop

Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop

Beat Kings is a 66 minute film that gives the viewer an exclusive look into the architects behind the rhyme. Hear it first hand from the musical legends that shine light on Hip Hop’s brightest stars like Jay-Z, Biggie, and Nas. Beat Kings brings the public into the producers [...]

Scratch: The World of the Hip Hop DJ

Scratch: The World of the Hip Hop DJ

Scratch is a documentary film, directed and edited by Doug Pray. The film explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ’s began extending breaks on their party records (which helped inspire break dancing and rap), to the invention of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its more recent explosion [...]

Jimi Hendrix Biography: The Uncut Story

Jimi Hendrix Biography: The Uncut Story

With the blessings of Jimi’s biological family and many of his closest friends, Passport brings the life of Jimi Hendrix to light as never before. From his upbringing in Seattle to his final days in London, Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story goes beyond all previously released documentaries to explore the complete life-story behind the legendary [...]

Funky Monks: The Making of Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Funky Monks: The Making of Blood Sugar Sex Magik

In 1991, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers recorded their breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik in a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was their major label debut on Warner Brothers Records and it spawn many classic hits like “Under The Bridge”, “Suck My Kiss”, “Give It Away”, and “Breaking The [...]

The Making of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

The Making of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon

If there are a handful of albums in the rock universe that deserve a bells-and-whistles DVD treatment, Dark Side of the Moon is clearly among them. In the ’70s and ’80s, the classic 1973 album by Pink Floyd remained on the Billboard 200 for a staggering 741 consecutive weeks, a record that will likely stand [...]

Kurt Cobain: About A Son

Kurt Cobain: About A Son

Following in the deeply idiosyncratic footsteps of Last Days, About a Son plays more like autobiography than documentary. Gus Van Sant’s feature extrapolates moments from the life of Kurt Cobain (with Michael Pitt as a musician named Blake), while A.J. Schnack’s non-fiction film adheres closer to the facts, but advances a more radical Koyaanisqatsi-like approach. [...]

Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story

Rebel Music: The Bob Marley Story

Award-winning biography of the man who with Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer brought reggae out of Jamaica and gave it to the world. Interviews with Bob, his mom Cedella and wife Rita, Peter and Bunny, their friends and co-workers. Many performances including some rare footage of the Old Grey Whistle Tests.

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album

Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album

An instant classic when released in September 1971, John Lennon’s Imagine was the ex-Beatle’s solo masterpiece, and its musical legacy is matched here by priceless footage of Lennon’s creative process, independently edited from original 16-millimeter footage by producer-director Andrew Solt with the hands-off approval of Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.
Incorporating footage from John and Yoko’s [...]