Movies
- 2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool7.2332019HD
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
- 1964
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie6.61964HD
This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...
- 2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street7.3642021HD
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry...
- 2012
Music According to Tom Jobim
Music According to Tom Jobim72012HD
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...
- 2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État
Soundtrack to a Coup d'État82024HD
In 1960, United Nations: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita...
- 1962
The Hole
The Hole5.71962HD
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
- 2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure92018HD
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De...
- 1974
Voyage to Next
Voyage to Next4.61974HD
Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.
- 1991
El invierno en Lisboa
El invierno en Lisboa21991HD
Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro,...
- 2008
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong
Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong8.52008HD
Documenting Louis Armstrong's appearance at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.2221994HD
Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...
- 1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis01986HD
A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...
- 1970
Cool
Cool01970HD
Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...
- 1958
Date with Dizzy
Date with Dizzy41958HD
A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.
- 2019
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Jazz: The Only Way of Life8.32019HD
Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician,...
- 1990
Amazonia
Amazonia81990HD
Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.
- 1986
The Cosmic Eye
The Cosmic Eye6.21986HD
Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.
- 1984
Hello
Hello6.51984HD
Extraterrestrials contact earth in this delightful fable. Their message is "HELLO" in many languages, and there is a celebration.