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- DirectorSophie HuberStarsRobert GlasperAmbrose AkinmusireMarcus StricklandA revelatory, thrilling and emotional journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- DirectorMatt TyrnauerStarsIan SchragerSteve RubellDonald RubellThe story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
- DirectorStephen Nomura SchibleStarsYellow Magic OrchestraRyuichi SakamotoA portrait of genius music composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
- DirectorKevin KerslakeStarsJoan JettDavid BowieEvelyn McDonnellDocumentary about rock star Joan Jett.
- DirectorSteve LoveridgeStarsM.I.A.Spike JonzeMadonnaDrawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.
- DirectorDaryl WeinStarsVivian BangNana GhanaNico Evers-SwindellA dramatic comedy following a Korean-American performance artist who struggles to be authentically heard and seen through her multiple identities in modern Los Angeles.
- DirectorKyoko MiyakeStarsRio HiiragiYuzuha OdaMasayoshi SakaiGirl bands and their pop music permeate every moment of Japanese life. Following an aspiring pop singer and her fans, Tokyo Idols explores a cultural phenomenon driven by an obsession with young female sexuality, and the growing disconnect between men and women in hyper-modern societies
- DirectorMichael RubenstoneStarsRusty AllenFrank ArellanoHamp 'Bubba' BanksOne man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone.
- DirectorAustin PetersIn the spring of 2016, global music sensation Major Lazer performed a free concert in Havana, Cuba for an unexpected audience of almost half a million people. A concert documentary evolves into an exploration of youth culture in a country on the precipice of change.
- DirectorLucy WalkerStarsWim WendersRy CooderJuan de Marcos GonzálezRevisit with the remaining original members of the Buena Vista Social Club and explore their contribution to the unknown history of Cuba.
- DirectorSteven SebringStarsFleaLenny KayeJack PetruzzelliPatti Smith's final concerts at the Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of her album Horses".
- DirectorPaul StoneStarsPete ValleeA 960-pound Elvis impersonator is absolutely convinced he is Elvis Presley's secret love child.
- DirectorDon HahnStarsDon HahnSarah GillespieShirley AshmanThe story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.
- DirectorMelissa HaizlipSam PollardStarsBlair UnderwoodSidney PoitierMichael JacksonBefore Oprah, before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL. Ellis Haizlip ensures that the Revolution would be televised with "SOUL!," America's first "Black Tonight Show." From 1968 to 1973, the public-television variety show SOUL!, guided by enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics--voices that had few other options for national exposure, and, as a result, found the program an improbable place to call home. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and violence to the vibrancy of the Black Arts Movement. With participants' recollections and illuminating archival clips, Mr. SOUL captures a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate, and an unsung hero whose voice we need now more than ever, to restore the SOUL of a nation.
- DirectorJeff ZimbalistMichael ZimbalistStarsJeannie ChesserTom DeLongeShane DorianA group of teenagers in Hawaii enter the world of professional competitive surfing in the 1990s and rise to super stardom.
- DirectorCasey TeboStarsRobert DeLeoAdam GreenSlashIntimate portrait of rock icon Steven Tyler performing his first ever solo material as he searches for personal and creative fulfillment.
- DirectorKirill SerebrennikovStarsRoman BilykIrina StarshenbaumTeo YooA love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.
- DirectorMatthew ConboyStarsOliver AckermannJason AmosMichael AzerradDeath By Audio, an underground venue, is forced to close in 2014. The film focuses on the struggles of maintaining a community in the face of Brooklyn property development, hostile construction workers and a one billion-dollar company.
- DirectorGreg 'Freddy' CamalierStarsRick HallAretha FranklinKeith RichardsA documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
- DirectorRon MannStarsRick KellyCindy HulejDorothy KellyFive days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars.
- DirectorEric FriedlerStarsHerbie HancockQuincy JonesSonny RollinsIn 1939, Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff founded the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records in New York. This is the story of two friends, united by a passionate love for jazz, and their belief in equality and freedom for every person.
- DirectorTom SurgalStarsRashied AliAlbert AylerCarla BleyA look at the history and evolution of the free jazz movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
- DirectorDaniel GellerDayna GoldfineStarsLeonard CohenNancy BacalSteve BerkowitzThis documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah".