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.

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escape...

An unprecedented collection by Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti, Live At The Shrine includes both a concert...

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

Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his rema...

This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected ...

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

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after ha...

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

Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—f...

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who ...

During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two America...

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jaz...

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they...

A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscu...

On the eve of graduation, a high school student finds herself dealing with both college applications...

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

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a grou...

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

The two musical masters swing out.

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