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1 Giant Leap

$23.95 | 155 minutes

This musical odyssey from Palm Pictures combines up-close and personal performances by stunning world musicians, excellent musical production and sound, and snippets of interviews with some compelling thinkers. The film, 1 GIANT LEAP, is organized into chapters, each of which begins with a philosophical quote which is then explored through&hellip…

1966 World Tour: The Home Movies

$12.95 | 91 minutes

A photography buff, Mickey Jones brought his home movie camera along with him, and Bob Dylan: World Tour 1966 -- The Home Movies compiles Jones' amateur footage of life on the road and off-stage with Dylan and the Hawks. Actor Mickey Jones (TV's Home Improvement, TIN CUP), was a renowned drummer in the&hellip…

A Great Day in Harlem

$17.95 | 152 minutes

The story behind a photograph conceived by Esquire Magazine art director Art Kane. He gathered all the greats in the Jazz world for a group shot on a sultry summer day on 125th Street in Harlem, 1958. With a "cast" that includes Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Blakey, this documentary provides a rare glimpse into the close-knit&hellip…

A Tickle in the Heart

$26.95 | 87 minutes

A TICKLE IN THE HEART is a touching and lively travelogue starring erstwhile klezmer giants the Epstein Brothers (Willie, Julie, and Max), who come out from retirement in Florida to hit the road on their big comeback tour&hellip…

A Woman Is a Woman

$26.95 | 84 minutes

With A WOMAN IS A WOMAN, French director Jean-Luc Godard pays tribute to American musicals in much the same way that his debut feature, the critical and commercial smash hit BREATHLESS, did to American gangster films. The story follows the beautiful Angela (Anna Karina), a strip-tease artist who wants nothing more than to have a baby&hellip…

Afro-Punk

$17.95 | 66 minutes

James Spooner didn't know anything about filmmaking when he set out to document the complex experiences of African-American punk rockers, but in classic D.I.Y. style, he maxed out his credit cards, staged a few benefit concerts, and set out on the road to find America's black punks. With over 80 interviews, and plenty of footage of mosh&hellip…

Alice Cooper - The Alice Cooper Story

$22.95 | 0 minutes

Horror rock icon Alice Cooper is one of the most influential and recognizable figures in the history of heavy metal. A cultural heavyweight like Cooper certainly deserves the talents of a director as esteemed as D.A. Pennebaker, the award-winning documentarian behind DON'T LOOK BACK and THE WAR ROOM, to direct his biography. THE ALICE&hellip…

Allegro Non Troppo

$26.95 | 85 minutes

Animated masterpiece which is set to the music of six classical works which include Ravel's "Bolero," and Stravinsky's "Firebird." Comic live action is interspersed between animated segments&hellip…

American Roots Music

$27.95 | 0 minutes

Originally broadcast for PBS, AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC is a four-hour documentary about the evolution of the United States' unique musical heritage that is divided into four different parts. The program explores the myriad of different overlapping indigenous musical genres, including folk, gospel, blues, country, bluegrass, Cajun, tejano…

And Ya Don't Stop - Hip Hop's Greatest Videos

$17.95 | minutes

12 Re-mastered videos from the greatest minds of Hip-Hop including Ice Cube, N.W.A., Public Enemy, 2Pac (Tupac Shakur) and more&hellip…