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The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Ho...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Cadillac RecordsThe life story of traditional Irish folk singer Joe Heaney, who is estimated to have recorded in excess of 500 traditional Irish sean nós ('old style') songs. Heaney moved from Ireland to the UK, and...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Song of GraniteBorn on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behi...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent RayTensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Ma Rainey's Black BottomBillie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singin...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The United States vs. Billie HolidayA chronicle of the rise and brief career of rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, who aspires to play music the way he wants it to sound. Holly and his band, the Crickets, are first invited to record in Nas...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Buddy Holly StoryThe story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent BessieHarlem Street Singer tells the little-known story of Reverend Gary Davis, the great American ragtime, blues and gospel guitarist. Not only is he one of the greatest folk guitar players of all time, he...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Harlem Street SingerIn this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent SelenaIt's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Goo...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Some of My Best Friends Are...