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The hit rock band, The JC Allstars, teams with hot models and makes it their mission to travel the globe to entertain the troops. On their journey they realize that the real success isn't winning an Emmy or Grammy - it's the magical feeling of changing people's lives with music.
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Child choristers have been singing at Salisbury for 900 years. This film follows Salisbury Cathedral's current choristers over Easter and through the summer term. The Cathedral's separate boy and girl choirs each contain 16 of the most musically gifted 8-13 year olds in the country. Their role, now as always, is to sing, day-in day-out some of the most sublime music ever written in one of Britain's most beautiful buildings.
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Classic Yo-Yo Ma chronicles Ma's unique work process and legendary performances with rarely seen rehearsal and concert footage from throughout his entire career. In addition to these exquisite musical selections, the program includes newly taped interviews with Yo-Yo Ma and his friends and colleagues Daniel Barenboim, Emanuel Ax, Tan Dun and Bobby McFerrin.
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On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, The Band gave its farewell concert at Winterland in San Francisco. On hand to help say goodbye to this influential rock group were some of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 1960s and '70s. This film is not only a vibrant documentary of that historic evening, but also a commentary on the rock world at the time. Most of the picture is concert footage of The Band and their guest performers -- highlighted by interviews...
8) Echotone
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This lyrical documentary provides a telescopic view into the lives of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future of their beloved city.
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A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the staging of a major operatic production, Verdi's masterpiece, "La Traviata," starring world-famous French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay and directed by the celebrated Jean-Francois Sivadier. Over two months, filmmaker Philippe Beziat follows the production's development from opening rehearsals to glorious realization, with music performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Louis Langree.
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Composing the Beatles Songbook-Lennon/McCartney 1966-70 is an independent documentary film that reviews the partnership, music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers during this hugely creative period. From the first bars of Eleanor Rigby to the closing Abbey Road song-cycle, this film shows how they barely put a step wrong in making the most joyous music the world had ever witnessed.
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Django Reinhardt, the Roma genius, born to Gypsy parents in 1910, is considered by many to be the single most important guitarist in the entire history of jazz. To honor the 100th anniversary of Django's birth, one hundred of his disciples, including his grandson David Reinhardt, have gathered together for the "Django 100" Centennial Tour -- traveling the world to pay homage to this exceptional type-setter who marked the 20th century.Hear stories...
13) Sound City
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Directed by Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters), SOUND CITY tells the story of rock n' roll's greatest recording studio, and the musical magic it continues to inspire.
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Pussy Riot: The Movement reviews the volatile events happening under Putin's regime of late, including the harsh two-year sentences of Pussy Riot members for singing a punk rock song in Moscow's most important cathedral. Their message about the growing repression in Russia by Putin's regime caught the world's attention like no other dissidents before them and turned the avant garde feminist group into a worldwide symbol of freedom. The film goes beyond...
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In the early 1970s both Lennon and McCartney carved out hugely successful solo careers. By the end of 1972 the pair had both hit the lowest point. 1973's output, however, put both of them back on the musical map Lennon & McCartney 1973-80 is an independent documentary film which reviews John and Paul's music during the second and final part of their parallel post-Beatles careers.
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A battle of naked ambition played out on the national and, ultimately, world stage, Air Guitar Nation chronicles the birth of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships as legions of aspiring rock stars live out their dreams on a quest to become the world champion in a strange world where musical ability plays second fiddle to virtual virtuosity.
19) Becoming Queen
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"Becoming Queen" is a one-hour "rockumentary" about the formation of one of the most unique rock bands of all time. Extensive rare photos, archival footage and interviews with musicians, friends, BBC personalities and the band members themselves create this unique insight into the band that literally invented "stadium rock"
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Ordinary music soars to extraordinary heights as gifted keyboardist Herbie Hancock joins forces with a variety of well-known music superstars to offer a completely original listening experience. As Hancock collaborates with such artists as Paul Simon, Annie Lennox, Sting, and John Mayer, the cameras are permitted into the studios and behind-the-scenes to show just what happens when some of the greatest music minds of a generation converge.
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