Subgenre Sampler
Music > Documentary: 556 Films to Buy & Rent
- Amy (2015)
- Dir. Asif Kapadia
- The compelling but undeniably downbeat story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks. From the…
- Breaking a Monster (2015)
- Dir. Luke Meyer
- Chronicle of the break–out year of the black heavy metal band "Unlocking the Truth" that follows 13–year–old members Alec Atkins,…
- Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
- Dir. Brett Morgen
- The definitive documentary on Kurt Cobain, from his early days in Aberdeen, Washington to his success and downfall with Nirvana.
- Crossing Rachmaninoff (2015)
- Dir. Rebecca Tansley
- Absorbing documentary follows aspiring piano soloist Flavio Villani as he prepares Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 for his first orchestral…
- Daft Punk: Unchained (2015)
- Dir. Hervé Martin-Delpierre
- A reverent exploration of the seminal French electronic musicians who are famed for performing in robot attire that hides their faces. Featuring…
- Heart of a Dog (2015)
- Dir. Laurie Anderson
Feat. Laurie Anderson
- Prolific performance artist Laurie Anderson directs this brave but gentle autobiographical cinematic essay, centered around themes of death and love,…
- Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
- Dir. Amy Berg
- Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) narrates this documentary portrait of the ground–breaking American singer of the 1960s, who pioneered a raw and…
- Landfill Harmonic (2015)
- Dir. Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley
- Documentary portrait of Paraguayan music teacher Fabio Chavez and his Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a children's orchestra which performs with…
- Mavis! (2015)
- Dir. Jessica Edwards
- Rousing chronicle of the life and music of singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
- Miss Sharon Jones! (2015)
- Dir. Barbara Kopple
- Energetic as well as intimate, this portrait of the mighty soul singer by acclaimed documentarian Barbara Kopple bravely chronicles the effect that…