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Music
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Biggie and Tupac
The deaths of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls and their involvement with the rap rivalries of the '90s takes centre stage in this gripping documentary.
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Brassed Off
A bittersweet comedy about music and the right to work. A Yorkshire colliery is faced with closure and so is the town's brass band
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The Buddy Holly Story
A boy more academic in appearance than rocker, no one could have anticipated the musical genius Buddy Holly would become, or how it would all end in tragedy.
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
Two creative giants, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky start a passionate love affair in this classy drama.
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Control
Control is the story of the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’s life, from the band’s rise to fame to his tragic suicide.
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Dancer in the Dark
Selma is a Czech immigrant working in a factory in rural America. In her imagination she sees the world as an all-singing all-dancing Hollywood musical.
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Driving Me Crazy
Nick Broomfield's behind-the-scenes look at the highs, lows and eccentricities of being part of an extravagant Broadway production.
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El Violin
Elderly Don Plutarco, his son and grandson are farmers and traditional musicians who also support the campesina peasant guerrilla movement's armed efforts.
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Fatherland
When Klaus’ political songs bring him into difficulties with the government, he finds himself obliged to leave his country on a one-way visa to West Berlin.
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The Filth and The Fury
The Sex Pistols were in existence for only 26 months and recorded only one album, yet they changed the face of music forever. This is their story.
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Kurt & Courtney
A documentary helmed by controversial director Nick Broomfield that looks back at the tragic life of Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain.
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One Man Up
A comic look at the dark side of fame, charting the decline of two men both named Antonio Pisapia who lead entirely separate yet strangely parallel lives.
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The Red Violin
When the violin’s shocking secret is finally revealed, Morritz must wrestle with his own demons and choose between burying the truth, and risking everything.
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Soulboy
Joe, a working class delivery boy, leads a boring and uninspired life until he meets Jane who introduces him to the exciting new world of Northern Soul
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Spin The Bottle
Rats Doyle, out to impress his Ma and earn money to send his obese aunty to Lourdes reforms his band Spermdotcom to enter an X-Factor style talent show.
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Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon
The four members of the world's biggest rock group have their lives laid bare in this documentary that gives the real story behind The Kings of Leon phenomenon.
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Velvet Goldmine
This glitzed-up trawl through the seedy depths of glam flicks a feather boa in the face of restraint and decency. It rocks like your mother
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Very Annie Mary
The tale of a reclusive twenty-something with the voice of an angel who dreams of leaving her tyrannical father and her small village in the Welsh valleys
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The Yellow Bittern -The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
A portrait of Liam Clancy, the last surviving member of The Clancy Brothers, a man Bob Dylan called "the best ballad singer I ever heard in my life"...
The Buddy Holly Story
By the age of 22, Buddy Holly had it all, taking just three years to re-define the music of his generation. But the trials and tribulations of fame are not to be taken lightly, as his success gradually paved the way for a terrible tragedy.
