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The Flame of Love 1930 In Russia, a Chinese dancer gives herself to a duke to save her brothers life

Here Come the Coeds (1945) Two bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.

Copyright Criminals (2009) A documentary that examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling.

Long Time Running (2017) After frontman Gord Downie is diagnosed with brain cancer, Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip goes on a cross-country tour that ends with a nationally televised concert.

We Like It Like That 2015 Latin boogaloo is New York City It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South Bronx and Brooklyn Starring Latin boogaloo legends like Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon and Pete Rodriguez, We Like It

Johnny Cash The Redemption of an American Icon 2022 At the end of his rope, Johnny Cash stumbled into a cave and laid down in the dark But death didnt come calling God did JOHNNY CASH THE REDEMPTION OF AN AMERICAN ICON is the untold story of how The Man in Black saw the light

Get Better: A Film About Frank Turner (2016) "Get Better: A Film About Frank Turner" is a yearlong character study of one of the hardest working musicians on earth. Encompassing footage from friends, family and fans across England, Europe and the USA, film maker and friend Ben Morse set ou

Well Meet Again (1943) A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical music and turns his nose

Singapore Sue (1932) Four sailors enter a Singapore dive, meet a Chinese girl from Brooklyn, and find there's more to her than meets the eye. Two songs.

Take 1 2022 Renowned musicians pull out all the stops to give a song of their choice the greatest live performance they can muster and all in a single take

Beautiful Noise 2014 BEAUTIFUL NOISE is an in depth exploration of a music movement in the late twentieth century, a fascinating period when some innovative musicians mixed guitar noise into conventional pop song structures while maintaining a philosophy of letting the music speak for itself Althoug

Porcupine Tree: Arriving Somewhere... (2006) Porcupine Tree filmed at Park West, Chicago in Oct 2005 from the Deadwing tour.

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings (2012) This intimate documentary gives viewers a singular glimpse into Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso, but also Jake, the young boy who grew up in a modest apartment to a single mother and unsuspectingly rose to international stardom.

George Takeis Allegiance (2016) Allegiance illuminates one of American history's lesser known chapters as it tells the story of Sam Kimura, transported back nearly six decades to when his younger self and his sister Kei fought to stay connected to their heritage, their family and themselves after Ja

Three Little Words 1950 Song and dance man Bert Kalmar cant continue his stage career after an injury for a while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist Perchance he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit Ruby gets Kalmar to marry is former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and J

Somos Mari Pepa (2013) We are Mari Pepa was born of the need to make a tribute to my grandmother, the neighborhood where I grow up, my friends and my multiple failed rock bands. Is a letter to my adolescence, to that difficult and weird age, full of doubts, and desolation. This story is showing thro

In order to come up with new music, a girl music group has to go to live in the countryside By putting aside their city lives, perhaps life in the countryside can prove inspirational and help the girl band to produce a fresh, new sound

Because of Him 1946 A beautiful young woman, an aspiring actress, trick a famous stage star into signing a letter recommending her talents to a producer friend, with amusing results

Final Straw Food, Earth, Happiness 2015 A contemporary re telling of age old ideas about food, ecological connectedness, and personal happiness Viewers join a warm cast of natural farmers, chefs, and teachers takes audiences on a journey through Japan, Korea, and the United States, where majestic la

Dont Sting the Mosquito (1967) Rita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to her. She wants to take part in a singing contest but her father who is dead against it has her kidnapped. He finally gives in when his wife threatens to sing in the contest

Anne Clark, an icon of music history and a terrific pioneer of spoken word art, has been on stage for more than 30 years It transforms language into unique music Since the early 1980s, New Wave classics such as OUR DARKNESS and SLEEPER IN METROPOLIS have provided a thrill of excitement that has insp

Black and Tan (1929) Duke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline.

Cant Stop, Wont Stop A Bad Boy Story 2017 A behind the scenes look at the prolific labels legacy and offer an in depth look at the two night anniversary extravaganza, that took place last May at Brooklyns Barclays Center, in honor of the late rap great, The Notorious B I G

Whitney Can I Be Me 2017 By the time Whitney Elizabeth Houston was 15, she was singing background vocals for Chaka Khan, Lou Rawls, and Jermaine Jackson In 1983 Whitney signed a worldwide recording contract with Clive Daviss Arista Records However her success came with its fair share of drug use, lo

Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany (where, as an usher in West Berlin's Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the 'real' performances were over) the diminutive Klaus Nomi headed for NYC in 1972. The vibrant New Wave/avant-garde gestalt of the mid/late '7

Dubeateo (1984) A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.

Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel (Le Coq d'or) is based on a Pushkin folk tale, but the opera's Orientalism, comedy and sultry elements go far beyond its original influence. The composer saw in the story of a Tsar, punished for his cowardice and despotism, an opportunity to employ satire to co

Hangs Upon Nothing (2014) HANGS UPON NOTHING documents the lives of surfers: Chuck Corbett who wandered his way to the remote atolls of Kiribati, brothers Mikala and Daniel Jones whose adventures take them to the far corners of the Indonesian archipelago, alongside a local crew of teenage surfers co

Woody Allen A Documentary 2011 A documentary on Woody Allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to Brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts

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Neberte nam princeznu 1981 Modern version of Snowhite fairytale Girl Katka is frustrated and restless She escapes from home and find herself in the orphanage Seven orphan boys hide her and call her Princess But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way

Join Alan Jackson at a capacity crowd at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in Denver, CO for his 25th Anniversary Keepin It Country Tour This concert film will be a memorable celebration

The Christmas Bow 2020 When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist reconnects with an old family friend who helps her heal and find love during the holidays

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Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women 2008 Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, leads a literary double life, writing under the pseudonym A M Barnard, an identity that remains until the 1940s

Smart Girls Dont Talk 1948 Linda Vickers gets mixed up with gambler Marty Fain One of Fains henchmen uses her car in a killing, and the police come around asking questions Linda decides to indulge in a bit of blackmail Her brother, Doc, comes to town and disapproves of the company she keeps Fain is

Morrer Como Um Homem 2009 A transgender woman tries to erase any past history of herself as a male Struggling with a young male lover and a problematic son

Grammy winning singer Loudon Wainwright III reflects upon his unique relationship with his father in an evening of original songs and heartfelt stories

A Story of Sahel Sounds (2016) The film is about a project from Christopher Kirkleys called "Sahel Sounds". He owns an independent label and travels through the Sahel area in Africa, to find musician with an unique sound. The music he uses for his vinyl publication is often in low audio qu

Have a Song on Your Lips (2015) Yuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and advisor for the school chorus. The chorus aims to take part at a competition. Yu

Rush Time Stand Still 2016 An account of the final tour of the band Rush, including in depth interviews with members of the band, the crew, and various fans

Desperate Trails (1939) Following 1939's "The Phantom Stage", the last of 12 series westerns made at Universal by Trem Carr and Paul Malvern starring Bob Baker, Universal kicked off a new series of six starring their new series-sign Johnny Mack Brown (who had already starred in three Unive

Cabaret (1986) University student sax player gets a lesson in the hard-boiled noir life.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on every hit from Motown's Detroit era. By the end of thei

Autumn Girl 2021 The turn of 1962 and 1963 Kalina Jedrusiks star shines with full brilliance The actress is the happy wife of Stanislaw Dygat, she also has a hot romance with a young singer, whom her husband completely accepts However, her shameless joy in life offends and outrages many After her pe

An Optical Poem (1938) A dance of shapes. A title card tells us this is an experiment in conveying the mental images of music in a visual form. Liszt's "Second Hungarian Rhapsody" is the music. The shapes, all two-dimensional, are circles primarily, with some squares and rectangles, and a

Life on the V: The Story of V66 (2014) In 1985, during the height of the music video craze, a free music video UHF-TV channel appeared in the Boston market, only to disappear from the airwaves after 18 months. Nearly 30 years later, the fans remain and memories of this channel have formed an importa