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I Slept With Joey Ramone
The story revolves around the birth of the punk movement.
Joe Public
The Clash's rise to fame in the mid-1970s and this gives the band status as the most crucial pillar in that first wave of British punk. Frontman Joe Strummer amasses a huge body of work and continuously creates new music up until his death in 2002.
Life and Lyrics
"Life 'n' Lyrics" is a love story set against the backdrop of London's urban music scene. The film follows South London DJ Danny and his crew as they battle onstage against their North London rivals. Danny unwittingly falls for a singer from the rival crew, but soon realizes the danger of their taboo relationship.
Love In Vain
Robert Johnson's singing, guitar playing and songwriting skills during the 1930s later influences a generation of musicians including Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Robert Plant. Playing mostly street corners and juke joints during his career, Johnson’s recordings are limited yielding 29 distinct songs recorded by famed Country Music Hall of Fame producer Don Law. These songs, recorded at a low fidelity, are released as 10-inch, 78 rpm singles from 1937–1938. He lives a short life until the age of 27.
Marvin
Follows Marvin Gaye's entire life, from his emergence at Motown through his defiance of Berry Gordy to record "What's Goin' On" and on up to his death.
Marvin Gaye
A biopic of the Motown soul singer behind such hits as “What’s Going On,” “Sexual Healing,” and “Let’s Get It On”.
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
A documentary on musician M.I.A. The film covers her immigration from Sri Lanka to England as a young girl, her nomination as Maya Arulpragasam for an Academy Award for best song for “O…Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire,” and winning a Grammy Award and The Mercury Prize.
Mina
Follows the story of Italian pop singer Mina who stirred up controversy when she had a child with a married man, forcing her to withdraw from the public eye in the late 1970s.
Mother of Hip-Hop
The story of late Sugar Hill Records co-founder Sylvia Robinson, an influential rap pioneer and producer known as the "Mother of Hip-Hop."
Murder on the Dance Floor
Centers on a choreographer and her street-dance crew.
Phantom
Set it in the sultry nightlife scene of modern day New Orleans and the world of jazz, R&B, neo-Soul, and funk. A singer is mentored by a mysterious man...
Prince Project
Described as an original film that uses Prince's songs.
Sammy Davis Jr. Biopic
A biopic about dancer-singer-actor-musician Sammy Davis, Jr.
Showboat
Set in the quirky world of cruise performers, a jaded indie singer must get over her "Big Bad Self" and learn that sequins, confetti canons, and making your audience happy isn't always a bad thing.
Soul Train
Set in the 1980s, a young man from the L.A. hood looks to his gift for "popping," a street dance, as his way out of the hood.
Straight No Chaser
Ten students form an a capella group long before the current craze of high school choral groups. The group plays venues such as Wrigley Field and Carnegie Hall, but the members disband three years later (though the group continued on the university level with new singers). But a few years later, the original group not only gets back together but signs a five-album deal.
The Book of Luke
Tells the story of the hip-hop group that went from Miami to the 11th Circuit.
The Hit Charade
The life story of Lou Pearlman, the former multiplatinum boy band manager-turned-convicted felon.