Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.” The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more.
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The film documents the alternative festival, made to protest against the Eurovision Song Contest hel...
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's...
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.
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A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having...
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...
The life and times of Italian music legend Renato Carosone.
An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction...
Live at the Royal Albert Hall is the second live album and video by British rock band Bring Me The H...
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 ...
This live performance includes a 10 song concert in Amsterdam, plus 4 exclusive uncut videos. Extras...
The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, ...
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...
The history of legendary rock band Chicago is chronicled from their inception in 1967 all the way to...
A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon t...
Plot unknown. Described as an animated project featuring the music group The Spice Girls as super he...
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home t...
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced...