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A Ballerina's Tale (2015)
, 1h25Directed by Nelson George
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Victoria Rowell
The film follows the daily life of Copeland with emphasis on her role as one of the first African-American female soloists to present what Mekado Murphy of The New York Times describes as the process of the dancer. The film begins with archival footage of a young Copeland at a small ballet studio and focuses on her cultural impact and professional ascension without delving into her personal history.
Fresh Dressed (2015)
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Hip hop films
Actors Damon Dash, Nas, Kanye West, Sean Combs, Big Daddy Kane, A$AP Rocky
Ce documentaire retrace, à l’aide d’interviews et de nombreuses images d’archive, l’histoire du Hip-Hop et de la mode vestimentaire qui a accompagné ce mouvement musical.
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
, 1h41Directed by Liz Garbus
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Simone
En plus de suivre son parcours musical, le documentaire s'intéresse à l'engagement de Nina Simone en tant que militante pour les droits civiques dans l'Amérique des années 1960 et son départ pour le Liberia à travers des images d'archives, des extraits de concert et des entretiens avec sa famille et ses proches.
, 1h58Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales begins with The Wilde Flowers, the archetypal Canterbury scene band. Rare period performance footage, still photos, and recordings are interspersed with contemporary interviews with almost all of the surviving musicians from this era. From The Wilde Flowers the story moves to Soft Machine which initially comprised four ex-members of The Wilde Flowers, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Mike Ratledge and Daevid Allen. When Australian-born Allen was refused re-entry into the United Kingdom in 1967 after a gig in Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera, Soft Machine elected to continue as a 3-piece band and, at the suggestion of Jimi Hendrix, added a distortion pedal to the organ to make up for the missing guitar. Meanwhile in Paris, Allen formed Gong, with a spacier sound involving early synthesizers and echo units. Daevid was interviewed for this film just weeks before his death from cancer. Although obviously unwell, his sense of humor and playfulness remained forefront. Soft Machine subsequently became a quartet again by adding bassist Hugh Hopper (also ex-The Wilde Flowers). Next Dave Sinclair introduces the band Caravan, consisting of the remaining members of The Wilde Flowers. Bands influenced by the original Canterbury scene began popping up around 1970 all over the world, including Moving Gelatine Plates (France) and Supersister (Netherlands). Their history is described by their main composers, with performance footage and images of their album covers. Next to be featured is Forgas Band Phenomena which came a little later but definitely is Canterbury-influenced.
, 58minutesDirected by Aziz Ansari
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari discusses topics such as immigration, being the child of immigrants, factory farming, misogyny, dating and romance in the 2010s, how technology makes meaningful connections difficult, and over-reliance on the Internet to help make trivial decisions.
Junun (2015)
, 54minutesDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Actors Jonny Greenwood, Paul Thomas Anderson
Début 2015, Paul Thomas Anderson rejoint son collaborateur et ami Jonny Greenwood dans son voyage au Rajasthan, au Nord-Ouest de l'Inde, où ils sont accueillis par le Maharaja de Jodhpur qui les autorise à résider au Fort de Mehrangarh pour trois semaines. C'est là que Greenwood enregistre un album avec le compositeur Israélien Shye Ben Tzur, ainsi qu'un groupe de douze musiciens indiens réputés.
, 1h56Origin United-kingdom
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Le premier long métrage d’Arcade Fire s’intitule «The Reflektor Tapes». Le projet est «une expérience cinématographique unique, à la croisée du documentaire, de la musique, de l'art et de l'histoire personnelle».
, 1h50Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Fred Armisen, Jello Biafra, Chrissie Hynde, Don Letts
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors D. A. Pennebaker, Dick Cavett
Janis Joplin est l’une des artistes les plus impressionnantes et une des plus mythiques chanteuses de rock et de blues de tous les temps. Mais elle était bien plus que cela : au-delà de son personnage de rock-star, de sa voix extraordinaire et de la légende, le documentaire Janis nous dépeint une femme sensible, vulnérable et puissante. C’est l’histoire d’une vie courte, mouvementée et passionnante qui changea la musique pour toujours.
Song of Lahore (2015)
, 1h22Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Song of Lahore tells the story of Sachal Studios, a Pakistani music group who prepare for a New York City performance after being invited by Wynton Marsalis. They rehearse with Marsalis' band, the Jazz, then take the stage together at Lincoln Center.
Daft Punk Unchained (2015)
, 1h25Directed by Hervé Martin-Delpierre
Origin France
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians
Actors Kanye West, Thomas Bangalter, Michel Gondry, Paul Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Peter Lindbergh
Le documentaire revient sur les 20 ans de carrière de Daft Punk,et met en lumière les moments clefs de leur histoire, depuis leur premier groupe de lycée à Paris jusqu’à leur triomphe à Los Angeles où ils ont remporté cinq Grammy Awards pour leur album Random Access Memories en 2014.Entre fiction et réalité, magie et secrets, théâtralité et humilité, les deux Français Thomas Bangalter et Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo ont créé un univers artistique unique. Tout au long de leur carrière, ils ont choisi de maitriser sans relâche chaque maillon de leur chaîne créative. Le film met en lumière les moments clefs de leur histoire, A travers leur posture - à contre-courant de notre société du paraître - les Daft Punk nous interrogent sur la quête d'indépendance et de liberté de deux créateurs, et sur notre propre rapport à l'image, aux médias, et à la célébrité. A l'heure de la mondialisation et de l'explosion des réseaux sociaux, ils refusent d'afficher leur vrai visage et orchestrent avec précision chacune de leurs apparitions en robots.
Finding Fela (2014)
, 2hDirected by Alex Gibney
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Jazz films, Musical films
A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
Jalanan (2014)
, 1h47Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
The film follows the three musicians over five years as they struggle to earn a living busking on Jakarta's crowded city buses.
Alive Inside (2014)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentary films about health care, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Alors que la maladie d'Alzheimer continue d'affecter des millions de retraités Américains, Alive Inside : une histoire de musique et de mémoire révèle une percée dans le domaine, basée sur l'utilisation de la musique. Filmé pendant trois ans, des patients retrouvent une partie de leur mémoire à l'écoute de morceaux appartenant à leur passé, revenant parfois plusieurs décennies en arrière.