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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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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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Roger Scruton – Why Beauty Matters
Philosopher Roger Scruton presents a provocative essay on the importance of beauty in the arts and in our lives.
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The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
A harrowing documentary of the Stones’ 1969 tour, with much of the focus on the tragic concert at Altamont.
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Heavy Metal Britannia
Nigel Planer narrates a documentary which traces the origins and development of British heavy metal from its humble beginnings in the industrialised Midlands to its proud international triumph.
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Time, What Makes Us Tick?
Let the music and light guide you as you enter the world of our biological clock. A rhythm, so elementary and universal and at the same time so intimate.
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Horizon: What Makes a Genius?
Could you have come up with Einstein’s theory of relativity? If not – why not? This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself – or whether their brains are fundamentally different.
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We Call It Techno!
A documentary about Germany’s early techno scene and culture.
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Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon
Explore the life of Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the king of the afro-beat and political activist.
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Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam
Highlights the mystical and musical side of Islam as and looks at the traditions of Sufi music in Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, India and Morocco.
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Last Hippie Standing
Last Hippie Standing is a documentary on the Goan Hippie Heaven Era and what has become of it today.
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Once upon a time in Norway
Once Upon a Time in Norway is about Norwegian Black Metal. It’s about Satanist undergrounds, secret brotherhoods, friendship, betrayal, arson, violent death and everything else that makes Norwegian Black Metal the most infamous music genre in the world.
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