In 1973, eleven year old Miguelito was discovered singing in the San Juan airport by the legendary New York record producer Harvey Averne. Within the year, he went from the slums of Manuel A Perez, to recording an album with some of the finest salsa musicians of the time to finally performing with Eddie Palmieri at Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 people. Throughout Latin America his songs ‘Payaso’ and ‘Canto a Borinquen’ had become cult hits. And then he simply disappeared...

When the revolution in Nicaragua won its victory nearly 40 years ago, the world began to dream. A yo...

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A...

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk mus...

An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...

For five years, Stephen McCoy documented street life in Boston. This is what he captured.

Barred from racing for breaking stride, a trotting horse finds a new career as a police officer's mo...

IDFA and Canadian filmmaker Peter Wintonick had a close relationship for decades. He was a hard work...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...

Aided by archival footage and interviews with its key figures, this documentary delves into the hist...

A look at Dan and John's partnership and the music

In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire g...

Honduran immigrants living in Mexico, teenage siblings Rocío and Ale must take over care of their tw...

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy La...

Documentary about brother and sister duo The Carpenters, one of the biggest-selling pop acts of the ...

The filmmakers' 21-year-old daughter journeys from locked-down psych wards and diagnostic labels tow...

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...

Echo is a youngster who can't quite decide if it's time to grow up and take on new responsibilities-...

Hosted by Keeley Hawes, star of the popular television series The Durrells, this documentary reveals...

La Salsa Vive is a vibrant cinematic exploration of Afro-Cuban music's history, tracing its roots fr...