Movies: Rhythm and blues
- 2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
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The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom....
- 1991
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
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In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the wa...
- 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
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During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 y...
- 2014
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014)
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James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social ac...
- 2003
Piano Blues (2003)
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Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such living legends as Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as we...
- 2015
Whitney (2015)
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Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown....
- 2023
Spinning Gold (2023)
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A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records....
- 2019
The Apollo (2019)
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The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment....
- 2006
Mint Condition Live From The 9:30 Club (2006)
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Led by terrific vocalist Stokley Willis, the Minneapolis quintet Mint Condition was one of the best R&B groups of the 1990s. Always known for their live shows, they are at their best at this performance at Washington D.C.'s 9:30 Club, performing ...
- 1983
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Live at the El Mocambo (1983)
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Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble burn it up at the El Mocambo, a small club in Toronto, performing a short set list. During the concert Vaughan pulls off some Hendrix style guitar heroics. He does whammy bar tricks, bangs it on he floor, and mak...
- 1976
Salsa (1976)
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The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and vintage film clips of Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in movies during the 1930's and 40's....
- 1978
James Brown Soul Brother No. 1 (1978)
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The James Brown Story...
- 2014
Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend (2014)
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The northern soul phenomenon was the most exciting underground British club movement of the 1970s. At its highpoint, thousands of disenchanted white working class youths across the north of England danced to obscure, mid-60s Motown-inspired sounds un...
- 2021
JazzTown (2021)
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Denver’s iconic and Grammy Award-winning musicians reveal the secrets of their success and longevity in the music business while warning the young lions to whom they pass the torch to stay relevant in a marketplace both treacherous and brutal. The m...
- 2012
Keep on Burning: The Story of Northern Soul (2012)
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Keep on Burning tells the fascinating story of the world's most enduring underground music movement: Northern Soul. Featuring key DJ's, journalists and promoters, including soul radio pioneer Tony Blackburn, Marc Almond and key DJ's, journalists and ...
- 2014
Finding the Funk (2014)
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Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then to Dayton the bi...
- 2017
On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
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One man's search for the prolific funk legend, Sly Stone....
- 2008
James Brown Live At The Apollo '68 (2008)
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This was one of a series of concerts James Brown gave at the Apollo in Harlem in March 1968. This performance was broadcast on television as James Brown: Man To Man. In addition to 16 vintage color performances from the concert, this special also in...
- 1993
Let Me Have It All (1993)
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In the summer of 1992 two filmmakers, Jeroen Berkvens and Walter Stokman, travelled through the United States of America. They were searching for tracks of the famous soulsinger Sly Stone....
- 2016
A Tale of James Brown (2016)
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Comedian/filmmaker Camille Solari spends the last year interviewing the legendary musical icon James Brown before his untimely death on Christmas 2006. The documentary includes interviews with his band members and many celebrity musicians who have be...