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Showing 1 - 10 of 13 titles with a criteria of Subject is Musicians
One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.
MediaStorm | 2008 | 18 minutes
Shot throughout Philadelphia during the first Earth Week in 1970, the film features community groups, citizens and celebrities reflecting on the crisis facing the planet.
Bullfrog Films | 1971 | 43 minutes
The story behind, and location of, Rodrigo's most famous work.
Bullfrog Films | 1994 | 28 minutes
Yang is a 30-year-old itinerant singer with a complicated love life, busking in big cities with fellow musicians and sharing wisdom on how to evade the authorities - for a while.
dGenerate Films | 2005 | 93 minutes
Alan Lomax (1915-2002) traveled the world with his recording equipment, hunting for folk songs.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 95 minutes
Four dynamic Malian musicians use their music to stand up to religious extremism.
Icarus Films | 2016 | 93 minutes
In 2007, musician Kathryn Calder (of The New Pornographers) receives devastating news: her mother, Lynn, has two to three years left to live. She has ALS. A Matter of Time is a heart-breaking yet hopeful film that examines the power of love and music, and the inspiration, salvation, and possibility that occurs when these two forces intersect with the most challenging moment in a young musician’s life.
First Run Features | 2016 | 85 minutes
An off-beat anniversary tribute to Mozart through some Mozart-loving eccentrics.
Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 54 minutes
A touching portrait combining animated sequences and archival footage of virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson.
National Film Board of Canada | 2016 | 12 minutes
A highbrow 10-part serieson philosophy, politics and society. Episode 2 stars Laurie Anderson, American artist uniting music, video, photography, sculpture and painting.
First Hand Films | 2013 | 30 minutes
