Sentences with phrase «of music documentaries»

But the sense I get here is that Crowe is less concerned with how his film plays to the industry than with how it rekindles his enthusiasm for the medium after taking such a beating for his last effort — that approach can go either way, but having also recently wrapped a pair of music documentaries (one of which, «Pearl Jam Twenty» will play Toronto next month), he's clearly in a productive frame of mind.

Film festivals have been enamored of music documentaries for years, well aware of the drawing power and audience appeal that comes from putting popular artists on the big screen.

Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing 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; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner of Ethiopia, a country of eighty different nationalities and cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.

Not exact matches

He's succeeded in a variety of pursuits — music, documentaries, directing, producing, etc — and I think it would be a great conversation.»

In April, Apple produced an exclusive behind - the - scenes documentary on Taylor Swift's 1989 world tour, and is partnering with music artist Will.iam and TV executives Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens to produce a new series about mobile apps, called Planet of the Apps.

I live and work in Los Angeles as a network television editor (The Real World, RuPaul's Drag Race, Epic Meal Time — and I have a background in documentary filmmaking and music videos (University of Southern California Cinema - Television degree).

Crowe's documentary shows the paradox of wanting big fame while wanting to keep it real to the emotional / music basis of what makes the music in any way compelling, let alone compelling in terms of the fans who like this kind of music.

The recent PBS documentary from Frontline, «Secrets of the Vatican,» was an artful mix of baroque music, sweeping cinematography, imaginative speculation, and recycled conspiracy theories.

Although the journalistic patter accompanying such footage is often akin in tone to that found in documentaries about Amazonian tribal rituals, the images highlight an ever - growing reality of the past three decades: the spread of Pentecostal and charismatic worship styles and music into ecclesiastical settings that were once resistant — if not downright hostile — to the up - tempo, emotional music of the Pentecostal ethos.

A contributing expert on HBO's expansive Presley documentary Elvis Presley: The Searcher, airing April 14, Porter spoke with RELEVANT about his time in Memphis, his contact with Elvis and the formation of one of music history's most complex figures.

VISION - TV broadcasts a variety of drama, documentary, music and public affairs programming in addition to religious programs.

Home birth advocate Ricki Lake and filmmaker Abby Epstein sat down for a question - and - answer session Saturday afternoon at the Music Box Theatre after screening their provocative documentary «The Business of Being Born,» which compares home and hospital births.

It was a wonderful way to celebrate API «s 20th Anniversary with some really special bonus events, like Friday night's showing of «The Milky Way» film with live Q&A with the lactation consultants who produced the documentary on the U.S. cultural view of breastfeeding support as well as Saturday night's anniversary celebration reception with Irish music provided by Kennedy's Kitchen.

Thanks to efforts of this collective, the revived Loisaida Festival of 2014 expanded beyond a one - day music and street fair to include culturally relevant and meaningful activities, including documentary screenings, oral histories, performances and poetry, during the entire weekend.

ZAF is a credit relief fund with a non-interest Areas The fund will cover a wide spectrum of which include Film (Documentary, MovieProducers, Set Designers), Music (Drummers, Sound Engineers, SongWriters / Composers, Instrumentalists, Performers), Theatre Arts (Stage Managers), Dance, Visual Arts, Tourism Writers and Bloggers, Architects, Artisans (Hairdressers, Painters, Craftsmen, Sculptors, Weavers, Make - up Artists), FashionDesigners and Dressmakers, Jewelry, PublishersEligibility CriteriaOpen all well — meaning Ghanaians in the Arts Industry.

They watched a wide variety of tapes, including films, documentaries and music clips.

«The Sundance Film Festival brings the most original storytellers together with the most adventurous audiences for its annual program of dramatic and documentary films, shorts, New Frontier films, installations, performances, panel discussions, and dynamic music events.

I love good music & enjoy going to see live bands & going to festivals I also enjoy art & urban exploring just to learn the history of a place but that comes about from watching to meany booth brothers documentaries of the unknown I also enjoy horror films And Dumfries is in Scotland

Plan your season and take note of the hotly anticipated indie, foreign, and documentary Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come.

You might expect a lot of glamorous footage of Demi Lovato in the new YouTube - exclusive documentary that she... as a sober music superstar who dates men and women, using online dating sites to find potential mates.

Written by Being John Malkovich scribe Charlie Kaufman, Human Nature was the feature debut from acclaimed music - video director Michel Gondry and featured Arquette as a woman cursed with a coat of fur covering her body.As the decade progressed, audiences could see Arquette in projects ranging from the star - studded documentary Searching for Debra Winger to the sleeper family film Holes.

With a title taken from an American Indian word for «life out of balance,» Godfrey Reggio's wordless documentary lured dreamers into the sacred cave of cinema, where they ingested the serial music of Philip Glass and the time - lapse imagery of cinematographer Ron Fricke.

Questlove has become the go - to guy for pop - music perspective in music documentaries for a reason he proves once again here: He brings a musician's knowledge of why a piece of music is special (his analysis here of «Don't Stop «Til You Get Enough» is a mini-music class) as well as a fan's appreciation for what that music meant to millions of ordinary people — how Jackson's music during this era not only defined the time, but made the world a better place simply by its existence.

As Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana's astoundingly rich and resonant music documentary makes abundantly clear, American popular music — and the history of rock and roll itself — wouldn't be the same without the contributions of Native American performers.

Venue: Sundance Film Festival (U.S. Documentary Competition) Production companies: Story, Hard Working Movies, in association with Sveriges Television, Film Vast Director: Sara Jordeno Writers: Sara Jordeno, Twiggy Pucci Garcon Producers: Annika Rogell, Lori Cheatle Executive producer: Tobias Janson Director of photography: Naiti Gamez Music: Qween Beat Editor: Rasmus Ohlander Sales: Submarine Not rated, 94 minutes

The Messenger is not the slickest documentary, but it includes beautiful slow - motion footage of birds in flight, and fascinating theories about the links between classical music and the avian songs that rang out before there were even human ears to hear them.

With the exception of a couple of music video like sequences, «Polisse» attempts to use a documentary like realism in a story that is framed by Melissa (Maiwenn, who also directed, and not at all well), a photographer, being assigned to follow the unit.

Bonus: • Audio Commentary with Director Tim Burton • «On the Set with Bob Kane» Featurette • «Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman» Documentary • «Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight» Parts 1 - 3 • «Beyond Batman» Documentary Gallery • Prince Music Videos • Profile Galleries • Storyboard Sequence • Trailer • Digital Copy • Hardcover Book

That's all well and good but Sony's Anniversary Edition DVD from 2004 had a lot more: an hour - long documentary on the making of the film, a lengthy doc about real - life AIDS victims, and Bruce Springsteen's «Streets of Philadelphia» music video.

With revolutionary films, documentaries, music events, and comedy specials for the next generation of film connoisseurs, SHO NEXT ® HD serves up the unexpected, the extraordinary, and the best of what's «next» — all in jaw - dropping High Definition and crisp Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

This smart, passionate, thought - provoking and uplifting documentary is for anyone who appreciates the power of music to entertain, inspire and transform.

«Pay the respect that is due,» says music writer David Fricke, one of the documentary's talking heads.

This patient, righteous documentary by Ken Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns recounts the story of justice undone (a serial rapist confessed) with extensive interviews, a thorough use of archival footage, and a less - than felicitous use of ominous - rumble music that unnecessarily insists, Isn't this an outrage?

I've seen plenty of documentaries on various genres of music as well as rock and metal bands, and Marley is among the best music documentaries that you can watch.

In 2001 he provided the voice - over for a BBC2 documentary about popular music through the years called Walk On By, as well as starring in a highly - acclaimed theatre production called The Day in the Death of Joe Egg, about a couple with a severely handicapped daughter.

An upbeat chronicle of very hard rock in a very hard place, Death Metal Angola is one of the livelier and more enticingly exotic additions to the ever - burgeoning music - documentary sub-genre.

Ringo continued to record music and often appeared in music documentaries, not all of which were about the Beatles.

Elevated out of the music - documentary genre to become something of an intriguing mystery — and one with no neat solution.

Colin Hanks makes his feature directing debut with this irresistible documentary about the evolution of the music business.

While borrowing too much from the Ken Burns school of documentary filmmaking (admittedly it does open it up a little but the music is definitely overkill), the documentary does an adequate job of linking their case to today via the immigrant issue and the war on terror.

It's weird, I can appreciate a good Beatles documentary, yet I prefer covers of their music as opposed to the original.

• Tales from the Future 6 - Part Documentary • The Physics of Back to the Future • Deleted Scenes • Michael J. Fox Q&A • Eight Archival Featurettes • Behind the Scenes Footage • Music Videos • Audio Commentaries • Back to the Future: The Ride

And so we're tweaking our «Best of the 21st Century» formula (check out our Horror Films, Animated and Music Documentary features) to look instead at the top - grossing films of the century to date, and seeing how, in this season of bottom lines and billions and box office bombs, the 25 reigning champions of the century stack up against each other in terms of quality.

Special Features Summer of Fun: 5 - part Documentary A Child's Sense of Wonder Featurette What A Wonderful World Featurette Audio Commentary with Stephen Chbosky and R.J. Palacio «Brand New Eyes» Music Video Wonder Soundtrack Behind - the - Scenes Featurette Theatrical Trailers

Perhaps a documentary about the real Sam Childers might be more effective, because the slim extra features (an interview with Marc Forster, a featurette on the music, and a video of Chris Cornell's bid for a Best Song Oscar) don't help either.

The Jury Award for best documentary went to Wish Me Away (d. Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf), which chronicles the coming out journey of country music star Chely Wright.

But what a rebound — you know the head's coming off and Fassbender delivers moments of heartbreaking fragility that bring to mind the cult music documentary «The Devil and Daniel Johnston».

The documentary explores many aspects of indigenous influence in American music.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

Special Features New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of «Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics» Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score «Home, James,» a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith