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Protest Music and the Modern Age
Protest Music and the Modern Age. Director Carl Carver has contacted documentarystorm and asked for people to see his film and give feedback. Is protest music dead?
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Still Bill Withers
Bill Withers is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. The man was fixing toilets and gently aging when he broke on to the scene. “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On Me,” “Just the Two of Us.” Soul, folk, and a voice that melts.
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Down and Out in Upalong
This is a loose documentary about the creative process. Gordon Pinsent is a famous actor who is nearing the end of his life. He has a collection of poems that fall into the hands of two of Canada’s most famous songwriters (Blue Rodeo and The Sadies). They turn his poems into songs.
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Everything is a Remix
Everything is a Remix: in four parts. Digital technology has made everything into a remix: our photographs, our videos, our songs, our memories are a constant re-imagining, re-positioning, and re-filtering. Vacation photos get an instant lomo finish. Glee and youtube take popular songs and do ‘mashups.’ An exploration of remixes on our lives.
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Al Jazeera: Artscape: Maestro’s Daughters
Artscape is an extraordinary series highlighting the various forms of art across the world. It showcases the artistic forces that are behind the some of the globe’s headline stories. Are you creative? How do you express yourself? 25 minutes long.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen
Here is a very special treat: a rare Leonard Cohen documentary that was made BEFORE his first album. “I can feel myself changing into a completely different kind of man,” Leonard says in the film. A few minutes later, we see him picking up his guitar. Shot years before he became a singer.
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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey
This film follows Dunn, a Canadian anthropologist, who has been a heavy metal fan since the age of 12. Dunn sets out across the world to uncover the various opinions on heavy metal music, including its origins, culture, controversy, and the reasons it is loved by so many people.
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Why Birds Sing
Exploring the intriguing, charming and often conflicting theories about why birds sing.
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Buffet Clarinet Factory Tour
Have you ever wondered how clarinets are made? This short documentary will guide you through the creation of the wonderful music instrument.
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Woody Allen – Wild Man Blues
Barbara Kopple directed this documentary portrait of Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New Orleans jazz band’s 1996 European tour.
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Great Composers
This landmark series presents the lives and works of several musical giants from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. It examines the backgrounds, influences and relationships that make these composers part of the very fabric of the history of western music. Each composer’s life and work is presented through extensive performance sequences, and through interviews and comment from some of today’s greatest artists and most respected authorities.
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Sun Ra, Brother From Another Planet
This documentary is about Sun Ra. He was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his “cosmic philosophy,” musical compositions and performances.
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