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Searching for Sugar Man (Searching for Sugarman) (2012)
 
- A unique, engaging music mystery that follows the late–60's Detroit based musician Sixto Rodriguez, who faded into obscurity in America amidst…
 - DVD $24.95 | Blu-Ray $34.95
 
Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls (2009)
 
- An adorable, "Kiwi–as" portrait of NZ's beloved folk–singing comedy duo, Jools and Lynda Topp, which also resonates as a ripely…
 - DVD 
$20 $15 
Young @ Heart (Young at Heart) (2007)
 
- A stirring, crowd–pleasing music doco for ages 9 to 99 that introduces a spritely senior citizen choir known as 'Young @ Heart' who are…
 - DVD 
$20 $15 
Favela Rising (2005) 
- Rousing documentary traces the transformation of a violent slum in Rio de Janeiro by former drug–dealer Anderson Sa, who was so shocked by a…
 - DVD $29.95
 
New York Doll (2005) 
- Affecting yet hilarious documentary about the bass–player of influential glam–punk band The New York Dolls, Arthur 'Killer' Kane, whose…
 - DVD 
$20 $15 
Dig! (2004)
 
- Arguably the best and most illuminating of the recent wave of 'rock docs', this intimately charts the polarising fortunes of two buddy rock bands,…
 - DVD $29.95
 
Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003)
 
- Before his successful foray into feature films, director Spike Jonze made his name as the pre–eminent music video director of the 1990s. He…
 - DVD $24.95
 
Metallica - S & M (2000) 
- Michael Kamen directs the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in an epic accompaniment for heavy–metal gods Metallica. Songs include: The Ecstasy…
 - DVD $49.95, $49.95
 
Modulations (1998)
 
- Sub–captioned "Cinema for the Ear", this is an enlightening exposition of electronic music – a marginalised yet broadly significant music…
 - Poster (VG) $12.95
 
Latcho Drom (1993)
 
- A moving testament to the plight of inter–continental gypsy culture and to the redemptive and communicative power of music, Tony Gatlif's…
 - DVD 
$25 $18.75