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Music > Documentary: 567 Films to Buy & Rent
Give it a Whirl (2003)
- An in–depth visual and musical exploration of New Zealand rock 'n' roll stories, from the fledgling sounds of the 1950s to today's…
Jandek on Corwood (2003)
- Dir. Chad Freidrichs
- An admirable effort to pin down that most enigmatic of "unknown" musicians, the Texan–based Jandek, whose atonal guitar meanders and even…
Life and Music of Dizzy Gillespie, The (2003)
- Feat. Dizzy Gillespie
- A musical double–bill featuring legendary jazz trumpet–player Dizzy Gillespie, one of the key bebop musicians of the 1940s and…
Love is in the Air (TV Series) (2003)
- Following on from the excellent chronicle of Australian rock, LONG WAY TO THE TOP, this five–part sister series from the ABC traces the history…
Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
- Dir. George Hickenlooper
- A portrait of the unlikely yet legendary radio rock DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, whose star connections and influential broadcasts on Los Angeles…
Ngatahi - Know the Links (2003)
- Dir. Dean Hapeta
Feat. Dean Hapeta
- An extended voyage by Upper Hutt Posse–founder Dean Hapeta through the self–determining cultures of many of the world’s indigenous…
Nomi Song, The (2003)
- Dir. Andrew Horn
Feat. Klaus Nomi
- Satisfying exploration of the life, music and 'alternate reality' of Klaus Nomi, a late–1970s underground music legend who combined opera…
Off The Charts - The Song-Poem Story (2003)
- Dir. Jamie Meltzer
- A gem of a music doco from off the beaten track, this charts the arcane history of the "song poem", a genre of music where members of the public have…
Petula Clark - This Is My Song (2003)
- A fascinating look into the life and career of Petula Clark, from childhood stardom to the present. Using archive footage and interviews with famous…
Piaf: Her Story... Her Songs (2003)
- Dir. George Elder
Feat. Raquel Bitton
- A film version of a stageshow celebrating the life and art of French singer Edith Piaf. In the lead role, Raquel Bitton does a sterling job of…