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Directed by Gordon ParksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Films about slavery,
Films about racismActors Avery Brooks,
Kent Broadhurst,
Joe Seneca,
Mason Adams,
Michael Tolan,
Art EvansRating70%
Solomon Northup's Odyssey is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man in Saratoga, New York who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery (see slavery in the United States). Northup was intelligent, skilled in carpentry, and was able to play music. He was enslaved in the state of Louisiana for 12 years before he was released., 1h49
Directed by Darnell MartinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Le blues,
Musical filmsActors Adrien Brody,
Beyoncé,
Jeffrey Wright,
Emmanuelle Chriqui,
Cedric the Entertainer,
Mos DefRating70%
Leonard Chess, a Polish immigrant of Jewish descent, starts the record label Chess Records in Chicago in 1950. It opens its doors for black musicians and attracts people such as Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Walter and Etta James., 2h32
Directed by Taylor HackfordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Le blues,
Musical films,
Films about disabilities,
La cécitéActors Jamie Foxx,
Kerry Washington,
Clifton Powell,
Sharon Warren,
Harry Lennix,
Terrence HowardRating76%
Raised on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles Robinson went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother drown. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the chitlin circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation before exploding onto the worldwide stage when he pioneered the incorporation of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style., 2h56
Directed by Robert WiseOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Julie Andrews,
Richard Crenna,
Daniel Massey,
Michael Craig,
Robert Reed,
Bruce ForsythRating63%
The film opens in 1940, with Lawrence in a screening room watching a documentary film chronicling her life, then flashes back to Clapham in 1915, when she leaves home to join her vaudevillian father in a dilapidated Brixton music hall. Eventually she joins the chorus in André Charlot's West End revue. She reunites with close childhood friend Noël Coward who provides witty commentary on Gertie's actions., 1h28
Directed by Angela BassettOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Téléfilm musicalActors Yaya DaCosta,
Arlen Escarpeta,
Mark Rolston,
Suzzanne Douglas,
Wesley Jonathan,
Nafessa WilliamsRating50%
La carrière de Whitney Houston brille avec succès jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre Bobby Brown avec qui elle se marie et qu'elle descende en enfer., 2h8
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Documentary,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Cary Grant,
Alexis Smith,
Monty Woolley,
Mary Martin,
Jane Wyman,
Dorothy MaloneRating60%
La vie du compositeur américain Cole Porter, depuis ses années à Yale dans les années 10 jusqu'à son apogée durant les années 40., 1h21
Directed by Ulli LommelGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Ulli Lommel,
Katja Rupé,
Peter Schamoni,
Roger Fritz,
Carsten FrankRating12%
The successful singer Daniel Küblböck is "loved by millions, hated by many" (as the subtitle says). The teenagers Rike and Tom decide to kill Daniel. They are morally but not directly supported by Baltazar. Whereas Daniel gets support from his dead grandfather Johnny who mostly carries a baritone horn and a wand on his person, has sometimes just one arm and wears a cap under his top hat., 2h12
Directed by Vincente Minnelli,
Busby Berkeley,
Richard Whorf,
Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Judy Garland,
Lucille Bremer,
Frank Sinatra,
Kathryn Grayson,
Van Heflin,
Robert WalkerRating62%
La véritable histoire du célèbre compositeur Jerome Kern. Lors de la première représentation de la comédie musicale "Show Boat" à Broadway, le légendaire compositeur Jerome Kern se remémore avec émotion ses débuts et les différentes étapes de sa prestigieuse carrière...