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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
TINA 2021
Documentary
Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to superstardom is an undeniable story of triumph over adversity. It’s the ultimate story of survival – and an inspirational story of our times.
The sides of TINA
- A singer from Tennessee
- Years of abuse by Ike Turner
- Tina Turner telling it in her own words
Good for you if
- you love Tina Turner's voice and want her songs on stage.
- you want Tina Turner's life told by Tina herself.
- you like being moved by a woman who walks away and starts again.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through stories of domestic violence.
- you roll your eyes at a triumph-over-adversity story.
About: survival · fame · abuse · rebirth

Mia Martini - I Am Mia 2019
Documentary
The movie is a biopic about Mia Martini, an italian singer who died in 1995.
The sides of Mia Martini - I Am Mia
- Italian singer Mia Martini
- A rumour that she brought bad luck
- Her return to the Sanremo stage
Good for you if
- you love Italian songs sung with everything she had.
- you like Serena Rossi carrying the film as Mia Martini.
- you like being moved by an artist pushed aside and fighting her way back.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Italian.
- you can't watch a life worn down by cruelty and loneliness.
About: rumour · loneliness · sisters
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
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
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
Straight Outta Compton 2015
Film
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
The sides of Straight Outta Compton
- The rise of N.W.A in 1980s Compton
- Police harassment and a protest song
- Friends split by money and contracts
Good for you if
- you like watching Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E build their songs in the studio.
- you like true stories about police harassment and the fight to be heard.
- you like a crew of friends torn apart by money and contracts.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
- you'd rather avoid explicit sex and party scenes.
About: freedom of speech · friendship · money
Elvis 2022
Film
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
The sides of Elvis
- Elvis Presley from Memphis to Las Vegas
- His manager Colonel Tom Parker
- Concerts and screaming crowds
Good for you if
- you like rock'n'roll, gospel and Elvis songs mixed with modern tracks.
- you want Austin Butler's Elvis, hips and voice included.
- you like the true story of a star and the manager who held on to him.
Bad for you if
- you find nearly two hours and forty minutes too long.
- you'd rather a biopic that slows down than fast cuts and split screens.
About: fame · exploitation · music · America
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

Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo 2023
Documentary
The sides of Gloria Trevi: Ellas soy yo
- The life of Mexican singer Gloria Trevi
- Fame in Mexican pop
- A scandal that reached the courts
Good for you if
- you want the true story behind a Mexican pop star.
- you want to hear Gloria Trevi's hits along the way.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story of abuse and control around a young singer.
About: fame · abuse of power · resilience
Whitney: Can I Be Me 2017
Documentary
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.
The sides of Whitney: Can I Be Me
- Whitney Houston on tour and backstage
- Her family, her husband and her closest friend
- Addiction behind the voice
Good for you if
- you love Whitney Houston's voice.
- you want the private side of a star, filmed backstage.
- you're ready to watch a life end too soon.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction take someone apart.
- you need a music film that celebrates more than it mourns.
About: fame · addiction · identity
Quincy 2018
Documentary
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.
The sides of Quincy
- Quincy Jones looking back on seventy years of music
- Jazz bands, pop records and film scores
- A portrait co-directed by his daughter Rashida Jones
Good for you if
- you like hearing how jazz, pop and film music passed through one man.
- you like a famous life told up close, health scares included.
- you like American history seen from inside the recording studio.
Bad for you if
- two hours of one life is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at a loving tribute made by the subject's own daughter.
About: music · legacy · race in America · fatherhood
El pianista 2002
Película
Varsovia, 1939. El pianista polaco de origen judío Wladyslaw Szpilman (Adrien Brody) interpreta un tema de Chopin en la radio nacional de Polonia mientras la aviación alemana bombardea la capital. El régimen nazi ha invadido el país, y como hace en otros países invadidos, lleva a cabo la misma política con respecto a los judíos. Así Szpilman y toda su familia -sus padres, su hermano y sus dos hermanas- se ven obligados a dejar su casa y todo lo que les pertenece para trasladarse con miles de personas de origen judío al ghetto de Varsovia. Mientras Wladyslaw trabaja como pianista en un restaurante propiedad de un judío que colabora con los nazis, su hermano Henryk (Ed Stoppard) prefiere luchar contra los nazis. Pero tres años más tarde, los habitantes del ghetto son trasladados en trenes hacia campos de concentración.
Las caras de El pianista
- Un pianista escondido en Varsovia
- Años solo en pisos vacíos
- Música para un oficial enemigo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una interpretación callada de pura supervivencia.
- te gusta una historia real que se queda contigo.
- te gusta ver a alguien aguantar a pesar de todo.
Mala para ti si
- el Holocausto mostrado con detalle es demasiado esta noche.
- dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
Temas: la supervivencia · el arte · la humanidad
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
Jose Jose: The Prince of Song 2018
Documentary
This is the fictionalized life story of the international singing legend "José José", the man known in the entertainment world as El Príncipe de la Canción (The Prince of Song). Featuring his stunning vocals, turbulent past, and world-wide popularity, this drama series is a homage to a true icon of Latin pop music. During his 40-year love affair with the music industry, José gained international fame, sold millions of records, received several Grammy nominations, and even sold out Madison Square Garden and the Radio City Music Hall. His musical notes have become the melody of the romantics in Spanish speaking countries around the world.
The sides of Jose Jose: The Prince of Song
- The life of Mexican singer José José
- His romantic ballads sung again
- Fame, drinking and comebacks
Good for you if
- you love the romantic ballads of the Prince of Song.
- you like the true rise of a Latin pop icon.
- you are moved by a star fighting his own demons.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch addiction on screen.
About: fame · addiction · music
O.J.: Made in America 2016
Documentary
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
The sides of O.J.: Made in America
- A football star's rise in the 1960s and 70s
- Los Angeles, race and the LAPD
- The 1995 murder trial and what came after
Good for you if
- you want to understand a trial through the city around it.
- you like a true crime story told with care for the facts.
- you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.
Bad for you if
- nearly eight hours is too much for you.
- you can't look at real crime scene photos of two victims.
About: race · fame · justice · America
Four Daughters 2023
Documentary
Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.
The sides of Four Daughters
- A Tunisian mother and her four daughters
- Two daughters who left home and never came back
- Actresses standing in for the missing
Good for you if
- you like a story about mothers and daughters told without hiding the hard parts.
- you want a true story told by the family who lived it.
- you want to be moved to tears by two sisters facing the actresses who play their missing sisters.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a film in Arabic.
- you can't watch a family talk about abuse, violence and radicalisation.
About: motherhood · sisterhood · radicalisation · memory
When We Were Kings 1996
Documentary
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both fighters five million dollars apiece to fight one another, and when they accept, King has only to come up with the money. He finds a willing backer in Mobutu Sese Suko, the dictator of Zaire, and the "Rumble in the Jungle" is set, including a musical festival featuring some of America's top black performers, like James Brown and B.B. King.
The sides of When We Were Kings
- Muhammad Ali against George Foreman in Zaire
- A music festival with James Brown and B.B. King
- Don King and a dictator's money
Good for you if
- you like the Rumble in the Jungle and Ali's rope-a-dope.
- you like Muhammad Ali talking, joking and believing he can win.
- you like soul and African music filling a documentary.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch men punching each other.
- you find 1970s archive footage dated.
About: pride · black identity · comeback
Supersonic 2016
Documentary
Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the most genre and generation-defining British bands that has ever existed and features candid new interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher, their mother, and members of the band and road crew.
The sides of Supersonic
- Two brothers from a Manchester council estate
- Three years from rehearsals to Knebworth
- Interviews with Noel, Liam and their mother
Good for you if
- you want to hear the early Oasis songs at full volume.
- you like the fights and the bond between Noel and Liam.
- you like a rise to fame told by the people who lived it.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand a story full of drink and drugs.
- you can't root for two arrogant brothers who boast and brawl their way to the top.
About: fame · brotherhood · ambition