Music Please!
Overview of films
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Arena: Pete Doherty
Ashtar Alkhirsan | 75' | United Kingdom | None
For a couple of months, a British documentary team was allowed to tag along behind the scenes with one of the most controversial, intriguing and… -
Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That!
Adam Yauch | 90' | USA | None
Even non-fans become enthusiastic when they see this brilliantly edited concert recording of the Beastie Boys, shot by 50 people in the audience. In f -
Blessed Are the Dreams of Men
Jem Cohen | 10' | USA | None
Travel pictures. Anonymous travellers on their way to an unknown destination. -
Building a Broken Mousetrap
Jem Cohen | 63' | USA | None
Partly on grainy black & white film material and partly in colourful digital, Jem Cohen masterfully records the stamping intensity of the already lege -
Daft Punk’s Electroma
Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo | 74' | USA | None
Musical science fiction moods in cool stylised story about two robots who want to be human. The desert landscape is more important than the story… -
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck | 99' | USA | None
Powerful documentary by double Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (American Dream, Harlan County, USA), together with Cecilia Peck, about the famous country -
NYC Weights and Measures
Jem Cohen | 6' | USA | None
The filmmaker made shots of New York streets on 16mm. With a ticker-tape parade for astronaut John Glenn. And without material that was impounded by… -
The Old Weird America: Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music
Rani Singh | 90' | USA | World première
This fast-paced and varied documentary film tracks the history of Harry Smith’s famous Anthology of American Folk Music from its initial compilation o -
Sonic Youth: “Do You Believe in Rapture?”
Braden King | 4' | USA | None
Ode to the legendary rock club CBGB with a flaming performance by Sonic Youth. -
Superlovestarpower 2 (aka The Album Project)
Goody-B Wiseman | 12' | USA | International premiere
Classic album covers of Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King and John Lennon have new life blown into them. -
Wattstax
Mel Stuart | 98' | USA | None
Compilation of the legendary seven-hour concert in 1972 by musicians of the Stax label (including Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas and the Staple Singers), A