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Tupac: Resurrection 2003
Documentary
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
The sides of Tupac: Resurrection
- Tupac Shakur telling his own life
- Home movies, photos and his poems
- A rapper's rise and his death at 25
Good for you if
- you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.
- you love 90s hip-hop and the man behind its biggest songs.
- you like a portrait full of contradictions: poet, rebel, son.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not relive a young life cut short by gunfire.
- you want an inquiry into who killed him. The film is about his life, not the case.
About: fame · violence · mothers and sons
Imagine: John Lennon 1988
Documentary
The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.
The sides of Imagine: John Lennon
- John Lennon telling his own life
- Home footage from Yoko Ono's archives
- Cynthia, Julian and Sean looking back
Good for you if
- you love the Beatles and Lennon's solo songs.
- you want Lennon in his own voice, from Liverpool to New York.
- you like a portrait of a man with all his contradictions.
Bad for you if
- you find old 1960s and 70s footage dated.
- you can't revisit his murder in New York in 1980.
About: fame · love · peace · loss
Until the Light Takes Us 2008
Documentary
Chronicles the history, ideology and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal, a musical subculture infamous as much for a series of murders and church arsons as it is for its unique musical and visual aesthetics. This is the first film to truly shed light on a movement that has heretofore been shrouded by rumor and obscured by inaccurate and shallow depictions. Featuring exclusive interviews with the musicians themselves, Until the Light Takes Us explores every aspect of the controversial movement that has captured the attention of the world.
The sides of Until the Light Takes Us
- Norwegian black metal in the early 1990s
- Church burnings and a murder
- Musicians interviewed years later, one of them in prison
Good for you if
- you want to understand where Norwegian black metal came from.
- you're drawn to the true story of the church fires and the killing behind the scene.
- you'd rather hear the musicians themselves than the rumours.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a real murder told by the people involved.
- you want a warm music documentary, not a cold and dark one.
About: subculture · violence · identity · notoriety
Whitney 2018
Documentary
Examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.
The sides of Whitney
- Whitney Houston from church choir to world tours
- Family and friends who were close to her
- Unseen archive footage and recordings
Good for you if
- you like hearing Whitney Houston's voice in her prime.
- you like a life story that moves you to tears.
- you want the people closest to her telling what happened.
Bad for you if
- you can't take addiction and childhood abuse being discussed.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: fame · family · addiction
Harlan County U.S.A. 1976
Documentary
A heartbreaking record of the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line.
The sides of Harlan County U.S.A.
- Coal miners on strike in Kentucky
- Wives and mothers on the picket line
- Armed strikebreakers at dawn
Good for you if
- you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.
- you like seeing a mining town take on a corporation.
- you like the union songs that run through it.
Bad for you if
- you find 1970s footage dated.
- you can't watch a community living with guns on the picket line and miners sick with black lung.
About: labour · solidarity · class
When You're Strange 2010
Documentary
The creative chemistry of four brilliant artists —drummer John Densmore, guitarist Robby Kreiger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and singer Jim Morrison— made The Doors one of America's most iconic and influential rock bands. Using footage shot between their formation in 1965 and Morrison's death in 1971, it follows the band from the corridors of UCLA's film school, where Manzarek and Morrison met, to the stages of sold-out arenas.
The sides of When You're Strange
- The Doors from film school to sold out arenas
- Jim Morrison on stage and on trial
- Footage shot between 1965 and 1971
Good for you if
- you like hearing The Doors' songs alongside how they were made.
- you like the late 1960s seen through archive footage only.
- you want the true story of Jim Morrison's rise and fall.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch drink, drugs and a death at 27 up close.
- you can't stand following a singer who taunts his crowds and ends up on trial.
About: fame · excess · rebellion
The Filth and the Fury 2000
Documentary
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
The sides of The Filth and the Fury
- The Sex Pistols
- Johnny Rotten in his own words
- Strikes and rubbish in 1970s Britain
Good for you if
- you like raw punk, rehearsals and chaotic live shows.
- you want the Sex Pistols' story told by the band themselves.
- you like seeing the angry Britain of the 1970s that made punk.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch Sid Vicious's heroin addiction and his end.
- you want a warm, gentle evening, not snarling punk and spitting crowds.
About: rebellion · fame · youth · class
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005
Documentary
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
The sides of No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
- Bob Dylan from 1961 to 1966
- Greenwich Village folk clubs
- Fans booing when he goes electric
Good for you if
- you want to hear Dylan's songs as they were first played.
- you like the sixties, from the folk scene to the protest years.
- you like a life story told by the people who were there.
Bad for you if
- three and a half hours is too much for you.
- you find black and white footage from the sixties dated.
About: reinvention · fame · the voice of a generation
Amy 2015
Documentary
A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.
The sides of Amy
- Home videos of a teenage singer in London
- The recording of Back to Black
- Paparazzi flashes outside her door
Good for you if
- you like hearing Amy Winehouse's lyrics on screen as she sings them.
- you want her life told only through home videos, voicemails and friends' voices.
- you like being moved by someone you watch slip away.
Bad for you if
- you can't take addiction, an eating disorder and an overdose on screen.
- you need some hope, and you know how this one ends.
About: fame · addiction · talent
Queen: Days of Our Lives 2011
Documentary
In 1971, four college students got together to form a rock band. Since then, that certain band called Queen have released 26 albums and sold over 300 million records worldwide. The popularity of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon is stronger than ever 40 years on. But it was no bed of roses. No pleasure cruise. Queen had their share of kicks in the face, but they came through and this is how they did it, set against the backdrop of brilliant music and stunning live performances from every corner of the globe. In this film, for the first time, it is the band that tells their story. Featuring brand new interviews with the band and unseen archive footage (including their recently unearthed, first ever TV performance), it is a compelling story told with intelligence, wit, plenty of humor and painful honesty.
The sides of Queen: Days of Our Lives
- Four students forming a band in 1971
- Unseen archive and live footage
- The band telling its own story
Good for you if
- you want the story behind the Queen songs you know by heart.
- you like watching Freddie Mercury own a stadium.
- you want the band's own account, with the hard years included.
Bad for you if
- two hours of band history is too much for you.
- you'd rather not relive Freddie Mercury's illness and death.
About: fame · friendship · loss
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell 2021
Documentary
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his life via rare behind-the-scenes footage and the testimonies of his closest friends and family.
The sides of Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
- Christopher Wallace growing up in Brooklyn
- Rare footage from before the fame
- His friends and his mother remembering him
Good for you if
- you like hearing where Biggie's lyrics came from.
- you want rare footage of Christopher Wallace before the fame.
- you like his Brooklyn friends telling who he really was.
Bad for you if
- you need hope, and you know he was killed at 24.
- you want answers about who killed him. This is about his life, not the case.
About: Brooklyn · fame · loss
Avicii - I'm Tim 2024
Documentary
Before Avicii, there was Tim. Through his own words, witness how a prodigious musical talent became one of the defining artists of his generation.
The sides of Avicii - I'm Tim
- Tim Bergling in his own recorded words
- Home videos from Stockholm
- Stadium shows and endless touring
Good for you if
- you grew up with Avicii songs and want to know how they were made.
- you want the person behind a famous DJ name.
- you're ready to be moved by a gifted young man worn down by fame.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch anxiety, burnout and a death by suicide on screen.
- you won't read subtitles for the parts in Swedish.
About: fame · anxiety · creativity · grief
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage 2021
Documentary
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
The sides of Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
- A 1999 festival meant to echo 1969
- Heat, overpriced water and a huge crowd
- Three days that end in fires and riots
Good for you if
- you like hearing how a real festival went so wrong from people who were there.
- you want the late nineties rock and nu metal stage of Woodstock 99.
- you like watching a crowd slowly build toward a breaking point.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through accounts of sexual assaults at a real event.
- you need a music film that leaves you feeling good.
About: crowds · greed · nineties culture
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 2019
Documentary
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
The sides of Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
- Miles Davis and his trumpet
- Jazz from bebop to fusion
- Musicians and family remembering him
Good for you if
- you want to hear Kind of Blue and the records that changed jazz.
- you like a portrait that shows a genius and his darker side.
- you're curious about racism in America through one musician's life.
Bad for you if
- you can't face drug addiction and abuse of a wife on screen.
- you can't spend two hours admiring a man you wouldn't root for.
About: genius · reinvention · racism
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 2007
Documentary
As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.
The sides of Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
- The frontman of the Clash
- Punk in late 1970s Britain
- Friends remembering him around campfires
Good for you if
- you love the Clash and punk.
- you want Joe Strummer's whole life, before and after the band.
- you like a portrait of a man more than a list of hits.
Bad for you if
- two hours is a lot for you for one musician.
- you need momentum. The film keeps stopping at campfires where friends trade memories.
About: punk · rebellion · friendship
Gimme Danger 2016
Documentary
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. The film will present the context of their emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relate their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.
The sides of Gimme Danger
- The Stooges in Detroit
- Iggy Pop telling his own story
- Jim Jarmusch behind the camera
Good for you if
- you love raw, loud rock'n'roll and punk's roots.
- you like the Detroit music scene of the late sixties.
- you like Iggy Pop telling stories with his own wild charm.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through stories of drugs and a band falling apart.
- you find grainy archive footage dated.
About: rebellion · friendship · legacy
Everybody’s Everything 2019
Documentary
The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona at just 21 years of age.
The sides of Everybody’s Everything
- Lil Peep, from Long Island to stardom
- His family and friends remembering him
- A death from an overdose at 21
Good for you if
- you love Lil Peep's songs or want to know where they came from.
- you're ready to be moved by a life cut short at 21.
- you want the story told by the people who loved him.
Bad for you if
- you can't take drugs, depression and an overdose on screen.
- you need more than home videos and interviews.
About: grief · fame · addiction
Marley 2012
Documentary
Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. Directed by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland), MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best.
The sides of Marley
- Bob Marley from a Jamaican village to world stages
- Reggae and the politics of 1970s Jamaica
- Interviews with his family and bandmates
Good for you if
- you like reggae and want to know where these songs came from.
- you want the whole life of Bob Marley told by people who knew him.
- you like music caught up in a country's politics.
Bad for you if
- you find almost two and a half hours too much for one evening.
- you need a faster pace than a life told from the very beginning.
About: faith · peace · legacy
Let It Be 1970
Documentary
A documentary chronicling the Beatles' rehearsal sessions in January 1969 for their proposed "back to basics" album, "Get Back," later re-envisioned and released as "Let It Be."
The sides of Let It Be
- The Beatles rehearsing in January 1969
- A tense exchange between Paul and George
- The concert on the rooftop
Good for you if
- you want to watch the Beatles build songs from scratch.
- you like seeing a famous band at work, without a narrator.
- you like the grain and the look of a 1970 film.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. Much of it is long, unhurried rehearsals in a film studio.
- you'd rather not watch a band you love grow tired of each other.
About: creation · a band drifting apart · the end of an era
The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2006
Documentary
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
The sides of The Devil and Daniel Johnston
- Daniel Johnston's home tapes and drawings
- A songwriter living with manic depression
- Parents caring for their adult son
Good for you if
- you love raw songs recorded on cassette in a basement.
- you want a close portrait of one fragile, gifted man.
- you like a life told through its own tapes and home movies.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch mental illness take hold of someone up close.
- you want a feel-good music story, and you get a hard and tender one.
About: mental illness · art · family