On a summer's day in 1958, fifty seven of the era's greatest jazz musicians gathered together in Harlem, New York City. The purpose - a now legendary photograph to be taken by top snapper Art Kane. This is the fascinating story of that day and the people, many of whom had never really met before, involved, with home-movie camera clips, some great musical interludes and interviews with many of the participants 35 years on. Narrated by Quincy Jones. find out more...

Based on Crowe's own adventures as a teenage music journalist, Almost Famous tells the story of a 15-year-old boy who is complacently hired by Rolling Stone magazine to write an article on the fictional band Stillwater. As the band hits the road so does Rolling Stone's youngest reporter. find out more...

Nerdy musicologist Will has moved to a new high school in New Jersey and finds himself being recruited to manage 'it' girl Charlotte's band in an inter-school rock band competition.

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Five years in the making, 'Benda Bilili' follows a group of young street musicians from Kinshasa, Congo as they struggle to form a band. Four of the children are paraplegics, who get around in Mad Max style customized wheelchairs, and the other three are homeless street kids, whose star is Roger Landau, a teenage prodigy who plays on a single string guitar fashioned from a tin can.
'Benda Bilili' is a delightfully life affirming tale, both striking and touching. find out more...

If you ever doubted it's grim up North, here's the proof! T' pit's about to close and the brass band needs a flugelhorn player. But then Grimley girl made good Gloria comes back to her roots, and eeh bah gum, the lass may just be able to turn the troubled town around. One of the best films to come out of Britain in recent years! find out more...

Following Cobain from his earliest years in Aberdeen, WA, through the height of his fame, a visceral and detailed cinematic insight of an artist at odds with his surrou find out more...

Independent single mother Donna, who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, is about to let go of Sophie, the spirited daughter she's raised alone. For Sophie's wedding Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends, the practical, no-nonsense Rosie and, from her one-time backing band Donna and the Dynamos, the wealthy, multi-divorced Tanya. But on a quest to find the identity of her father Sophie has secretly invited three men from her mum's past, one of which she is convinced is find out more...

Great doco about the early days of NY hip hop and life on the projects. One of the best features of this film is that it examines the political trajectory of Nas' career through his lyrics as well as the environment and familial situation that gave rise to his stardom. Must see for fans of his music. And anyone interested in the political side of rap music.

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Nick, a high-school senior, is still infatuated with his fickle ex (he thinks it's love, but believe me it ain't) when, at a gig he and his band played, he meets Norah. Over the course of the next eight or nine hours boy and girl embark on an increasingly bizarre and ineffectual urban road trip that cements their common bonds and increasing mutual affection, but hey it's easy to screw up at any age so what are the chances these two teens are going to make smooth progress? Witty, gentle, warm find out more...

Ulysses, Delmar and Pete have just escaped a chain gang and are high tailing it across the country to recover a fortune in hidden treasure. There is only one flaw in this otherwise faultless plan......they're clueless. 'O Brother Where Art Thou' is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey (when I say loose I mean like the jumper that you don't know whether to wear, or peg out as a tent) and is a rip-roaring comedy adventure, with all the quirky charm that you expect from the Coen brothers. The sound tra find out more...