A huge influence on world music, Nigerian artist Fela Kuti played many instruments, pioneered afrobeat music and served as a prominent activist for human rights in Africa. This 1984 documentary examines the life and music of the remarkable man. Using his music to raise awareness, Kuti embraced social justice themes. He died in 1997 of complications from AIDS. Footage from his legendary show in Glastonbury, England, is included.
From Le Petit Rapporteur to Sous vos applaudissements, from La Lorgnette to L'Ecole des fans, everyo...
A journey through the work of Spanish filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón (1935-2011).
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
30 years after Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone is still stigmatized for her role as a sexual psychopath...
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de Fran...
The documentary tells the story how Matti Fagerholm became Michael Monroe. It all began in the late ...
Growing-up in East Austin, Texaa, Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. always had an outsized vision of the pos...
Self Discovery for Social Survival is a collaborative surf and music film produced by Brooklyn based...
Emmy Award winning documentary, directed by Peter Rosen, about the Eighth Van Cliburn International ...
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of ...
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared,...
The film documents the alternative festival, made to protest against the Eurovision Song Contest hel...
The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, ...
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to...
Follow the journey of Vice President Kamala Harris, the first black woman and South Asian American t...
Elem Klimov's documentary ode to his wife, director Larisa Shepitko, who was killed in an auto wreck...
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...