Robert Mugge

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New Orleans: Music in Exile
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New Orleans: Music in Exile

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 ...
Deep Blues
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Deep Blues

Apr. 01, 1992

Deep Blues

This warm 90 minutes documentary shows us unknown blues musicians from Mississippi. They play everywhere : on the streets, in dirty little bars, ...
Last of the Mississippi Jukes
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Last of the Mississippi Jukes

A stunning exploration of fading juke joint traditions at the heart of Mississippi blues culture, with Morgan Freeman. Release: Last of the ...
Gospel According to Al Green
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Gospel According to Al Green

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 ...
Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
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Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Oct. 01, 1980

Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise

Robert Mugge filmed jazz great Sun Ra on location in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. between 1978 and 1980. The resulting 60-minute ...
Black Wax
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Black Wax

Jan. 12, 1983

Black Wax

Gil Scott-Heron, one of rap’s earliest (and unfortunately unknown) pioneers, gets his full due in Black Wax, the 1982 documentary recently ...
Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture
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Kumu Hula: Keepers of a Culture

This 1989 film, from famed filmmaker Robert Mugge about Hawaiian dance, explores Hawaiian dance traditions going back to 500AD, when Polynesians ...
Saxophone Colossus
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Saxophone Colossus

Jan. 01, 1998

Saxophone Colossus

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 ...