Metanoia means to expand and change the way one sees. In this documentary, conductor Simone Menezes travels across Ital…
Have you ever heard of cumbia music? This exciting road movie follows a group of filmmakers and musicians as they trave…
This is an emotional family portrait that surrounds the Mexican indigenous troubadour and social leader Jaime Martínez.…
Former Yugoslav territories, 1980s - 1990s. Time of abrupt political changes and war. Behind all this there was a sound…
As a singer, conductor and performance artist, Barbara Hannigan has left an imprint on the academic musical internation…
This fascinating musical documentary explores the career of Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei, with a particular focus on he…
Among the most iconic musicians of the hardcore punk music scene in the United States are Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma…
When his piano is destroyed in the Syrian war, pianist and composer Ayham Ahmad continues to make music of resistance n…
Shot on three continents, this unique documentary follows the pioneer of avant-garde composer John Cage through miscell…
Behind stars like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, a pianist, a drummer and a guitarist formed a trio that left their mar…
Produced by BBC Music, this True-Crime documentary is an in-depth investigation behind the murders of rappers Biggie an…
Respected in both North and South Korea, renowned composer Isang Yun dreams that music can one day reconcile the two co…
This documentary takes us into the reality of Libya after the revolution that overthrew Gaddafi, through the life and w…
With humor, avant-garde spirit, and eloquence, this documentary reviews the fascinating life of the prolific French com…
In this musical documentary, Allan Miller, the Oscar-winning director, takes us on a journey through the musical evolut…
Through technology and various present-day experiences, this fascinating educational documentary revisits the relevance…
The final installment of the Accentus Music trilogy focuses on the political edges that traversed the world of academic…
The bars on a famous street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, host a competition for blues musicians, the renowned The In…
This documentary makes visible the life of Branko Črnac Tusta, a puck-rock icon who became an activist for labor rights…
The second part of the Accentus Music trilogy aims to make visible the brilliant young Russian composers of the early 2…
Bittersweet testimonies of music students are heard while, in front of our eyes, handmade animations try to evoke their…
This first installment of the Accentus Music trilogy explains how music and the great composers were forever changed by…
This film follows Arvo Pärt, the most acclaimed contemporary composer, in the staging of one of his compositions in col…
"Die Thomaner" is one of the most prestigious youth choirs in the world. This documentary follows these promising talen…
This is a jazz documentary like no other. Preserved by the Library of Congress, this vintage film documents the unforge…
"Ebram" was an Iranian guitarist and composer who, after dying in suspicious circumstances, became a myth and an inspir…
This beautiful documentary takes us close to Lanny Gordin, a prolific guitarist who worked with great musicians such as…
This short film is the endearing portrait of Roed Roza, a South American migrant in Milan, Italy. Stripped of his land …
To stand up against discrimination, a group of gay men gather in downtown Seoul to sing in South Korea's only amateur g…
Hailing from the remote villages of the vast subcontinent, in this inspiring documentary, a children's choir from the A…
After a past as a drug dealer and drug user, "Plusmacher", a young German rapper, navigates life with what keeps him go…
For artists in 1960s New York, Greenwich Village was the place to be. Featuring interviews with stars like Woody Allen …
Ready for a trip to the heart of the blues? This 16mm gem features legends such as B.B. King, Rufus Thomas and Evelyn Y…
When a child dies in a remote Afro-descendant Colombian village, two artisans must make a traditional drum for the fune…
Prolific musician Petra Nachtmanova embarks on a journey from Berlin, through the Caucasus and Turkey, to Iran, in sear…
This posthumous portrait follows the trail of Uruguayan composer Alfredo Zitarrosa. Banished by a bloody dictatorship, …
Nina, the director of the film, returns to her small rural village in Potosi, Bolivia. Around her, myths, rituals and s…
Film footage from the era is interwoven with interviews with music lovers to make a portrait of Maxine Sullivan, the ti…
Featuring icons such as Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, Anna Mae Winburn and Pauline Brady, this short film portrays the women …
Jammings recorded on home videos, old photographs and music with the texture of vinyl records. Yes, this is the exquisi…
In a remote Arctic village in northern Norway, an indigenous rapper tries to make a living with his music. But, will he…
Through interviews, re-enactments and documentation of live events, this documentary reflects on the evolution of the l…
This musical documentary discovers the origin and contemporary presence of music from Argentina and Uruguay. Starring L…
What happens when a traditional musician and a heavy-metal rocker come together to create something unique? In this doc…
Irreverent, iconoclastic and beautifully free. Linn da Quebrada, a black and transsexual artist, displays all her truth…
Psychedelic, strident, etheric. This is how Lima emerges in this portrait of the Peruvian capital through a kaleidoscop…
Through the lives of two Pakistani men, one dedicated to the spiritual life and the other a defender of an ancient musi…
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