A son seeking to fulfill his late father’s dream takes his band from the storied city of New Orleans to the shores of Cuba, where — through the universal language of music — dark and ancient connections between their peoples reveal the roots of jazz.

Simon and Samuel are two Cuban kids who will experience the defeat of the Spanish Army in their coun...

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love ...

In Havana, Cuba in the late 1950's, a wealthy family, one of whose sons is a prominent nightclub own...

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home whe...

The Kafkaesque world of Cuba under Castro's rule is brought to light in this reconstruction of the 1...

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema...
GDR 1961: Tamara Bunke, daughter of Jewish exiles from Argentina, not only falls for the political g...

This film by director Ramon Tort documents a unique moment in the life and career of Andrea Motis: t...

A first-person account of the short-term and long-term devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as ...

A film created by Les Blank and Maureen Gosling from footage that was cut from the documentary "Alwa...

A bittersweet musical drama set in London centers around a dejected jazz musician who is on the edge...
On November 30, 2017 the National Park Service and National Park Foundation will present the annual ...

In her feature documentary Seguridad, Newfoundland-based filmmaker Tamara Segura—once named “Cuba’s ...

A ship of athletes training on the rough seas becomes a symbol of Castro’s Cuba, the games projected...

A documentary that explores the myth behind the truth. Different people around the globe reinterpret...

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soo...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by...

Ella Fitzgerald visited Australia back in 1960. Gracefully stepping up to the microphone for the cel...

In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert...