7.0
New Orleans: Music in Exile
IMDb: 7.0 2006 112 min
Documentary about the many well-known New Orleans musicians who were forced to leave the city by Hurricane Katrina, where they wound up, how (and ...
7
Deep Blues
IMDb: 7 1992 91 min
This warm 90 minutes documentary shows us unknown blues musicians from Mississippi. They play everywhere : on the streets, in dirty little bars, ...
7.2
Last of the Mississippi Jukes
IMDb: 7.2 2003 86 min
A stunning exploration of fading juke joint traditions at the heart of Mississippi blues culture, with Morgan Freeman. Release: Last of the ...
8
Gospel According to Al Green
IMDb: 8 1984 94 min
The story of R&B singer Al Green, who gave up a successful singing career to become a gospel minister. Release: Gospel According to Al Green ...
7.2
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
IMDb: 7.2 1980 60 min
Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute ...
8.0
Black Wax
IMDb: 8.0 1983 79 min
Gil Scott-Heron, one of rap’s earliest (and unfortunately unknown) pioneers, gets his full due in Black Wax, the 1982 documentary recently ...
8
Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture
IMDb: 8 1989 85 min
This 1989 film, from famed filmmaker Robert Mugge about Hawaiian dance, explores Hawaiian dance traditions going back to 500AD, when Polynesians ...
6.7
Saxophone Colossus
IMDb: 6.7 1998 101 min
Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as ...
7.0
Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson
IMDb: 7.0 2000 54 min
Hellhounds On My Trail is a tribute to the influence of Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson and the effect that he has had on today’s music. ...