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Kurt and Courtney
This controversial documentary, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield, begins as an observation of the music of Kurt Cobain and his Seattle/Portland contemporaries. KURT AND COURTNEY takes a different turn when Courtney Love intervenes. What emerges is a powerful...Watch Movie
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American Artifact
AMERICAN ARTIFACT chronicles the rise of American rock poster art since its birth in the '60s. The film explores the history and rise of the current rock poster movement in America, featuring a cast of quirky, interesting and extremely talented rock poster artists talking...Watch Movie
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Every Everything
In marked contrast to COLOR ME OBSESSED, director Gorman Bechard's risky yet rewarding 2011 Replacements documentary that featured no songs or appearances by its subject matter, his upcoming EVERY EVERYTHING: THE MUSIC, LIFE, AND TIMES OF GRANT HEART doc completely flips the...Watch Movie
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This is Gary McFarland
The story of legendary 1960s jazz arranger and composer Gary McFarland (who died much too young at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances). Features interviews with Clark Terry, Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Kuhn, Airto Moreira and many more, as well as rare music...Watch Movie
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Strange Powers
Stephin Merritt is known as "the Cole Porter of his generation" for his memorable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and wry musical stylings. Shot over 10 years, STRANGE POWERS explores his friendship with longtime bandmate/manager, Claudia Gonson. Through his recording/songwriting process, the film...Watch Movie
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A Band Called Death
Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's...Watch Movie
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Eleven years in the making, PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE is a unique and intimate portrait of the renowned singer, songwriter, poet, and activist. Patti Smith's music, poetry, and politics are fearless, funny, raw and original. Photographer-director Steven Sebring creates a...Watch Movie
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Brian Eno: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Brian Eno: musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist. Probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 and Coldplay and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. This first-ever documentary film about...Watch Movie
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AKA Doc Pomus
Paralyzed with polio as a child, Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself first as a blues singer, renaming himself Doc Pomus, then emerged as a one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era, writing "Save the Last Dance for Me," "This Magic Moment," "A Teenager in...Watch Movie
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From Straight to Bizarre
In 1968 Frank Zappa set up the Bizarre and Straight record labels. FROM STRAIGHT TO BIZARRE reviews the astonishing music that came out on Bizarre and Straight and reveals the background, operations and the lives of the musicians, performers and management who made these...Watch Movie
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Elvis: Return to Tupelo
Presley may have been born with the Rock ‘n Roll in his blood but without poverty, southern culture and a mother whom he adored, Elvis Aaron Presley might have been just another poor white guy rather than the King. Narrated by prolific country musician and actor Kris...Watch Movie
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Bob and the Monster
This award winning documentary follows outspoken indie-rock hero Bob Forrest, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his transformation into one of the most influential and controversial drug counselors in the US today, appearing alongside Dr. Drew Pinsky on...Watch Movie
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Music from the Big House
MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE is an extraordinary story about finding hope, joy and music behind bars. Rita Chiarelli, Canada's Queen of the Blues, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Blues: Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary, a.k.a Angola Prison, formerly the...Watch Movie
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Who Took the Bomp?
WHO TOOK THE BOMP? LE TIGRE ON TOUR follows iconic feminist electronic band Le Tigre on their 2004 to 2005 international tour across four continents and through ten countries. Supported by a community of devoted fans and led by outspoken Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna...Watch Movie
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lot 63, grave c
LOT 63, GRAVE C is a short documentary film about Meredith Hunter, the teenager who was killed by Hell’s Angels at the Rolling Stones’ notorious Altamont concert in 1969. Altamont was supposed to have been the west coast version of Woodstock, the huge peaceful rock festival that had happened in...Watch Movie
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Apocalypse
This strikingly shot concert documentary follows enigmatic Drag City singer/songwriter Bill Callahan on a two-week tour from California to New York. For the past twenty-five years, under both the Smog moniker and under his own name, Callahan has cultivated a legacy as both a pioneer in the lo-fi...Watch Movie
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Cure for Pain
Like his namesake, the mythical creature of European folklore whose sprinklings of magical powder graced children with sweet dreams, independent rock icon Mark Sandman dwelled in a nocturnal shadowland and brought otherworldly visions and no small measure of comfort to his devoted fans. As the...Watch Movie
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Color Me Obsessed
For some aging music fans and kids with a passion for musical history, The Replacements are rock and roll defined. This Minneapolis quartet took a teenage-punk attitude, threw it in a blender with classic and pop rock and then poured it into a Middle American pint glass. Over...Watch Movie
