Harry Belafonte rose to fame in the 1950s as a singer and actor, bringing the Caribbean sounds of calypso music to the charts...
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2012
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Documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser profiles American folk singer Phil Ochs, who rose to fame in the 1960s and whose...
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2011
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For good or ill, there's no arguing that few magazines have had as great an impact on American culture as Playboy, which...
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2010
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Relive singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen's historic 1970 set from the Isle of Wight music festival with this documentary...
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2010
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In the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots, something truly remarkable happened at the intersection of 41st Street and Alameda...
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2009
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Surprisingly, before How Sweet the Sound, a full-length documentary had never chronicled decades in the life of Joan Baez,...
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2009
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Opinionated documentary filmmaker Michael Moore takes an up-close look at the political leanings of college students in...
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2007
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The reflective documentary Pete Seeger: The Power of Song explores the legacy of revered American folk singer and activist ...
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2007
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2005
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In 1955, poet Allen Ginsberg summed up the greatest fears of his generation in a landmark poem appropriately titled "Howl."...
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2004
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2004
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With their blend of folk singing and stand-up comedy, Tom and Dick Smothers became a popular nightclub attraction in the...
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2002
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For about a year after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in 1969, it seemed as though everyone wanted to stage a rock...
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1996
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Berkeley in the Sixties takes a fond, if not always loving, look back at the epicenter of leftist political activism during...
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1990
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Woodstock: The Lost Performances is a video collection of highlights from the 120 miles of footage used to make the original...
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Herself
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1990
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One of the first films by Polish director Agnieszka Holland to gain international acclaim, this drama is a joint...
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Songwriter
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1989
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In 1988, Amnesty International celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a six-week,...
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1988
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A music performance video from Greenwich Village's Folk City club. See performances by many modern folk singers, including...
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1987
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Rare filmclips of folksinger Woody Guthrie at work and at play provide the highlights of this 74-minute documentary....
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1984
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This compilation documentary covers the massive anti-nuclear peace march held in New York City on June 12, 1982, including...
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1984
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This eight part series follows the roles music has played in the development of mankind's culture and societies. ~ Rovi...
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1983
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Choices of the Heart (aka In December the Roses Will Bloom Again) recounts the life and death of Irish lay missionary Jean...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1983
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There was a large, Woodstock-style peace concert held in Hamburg in 1983, and this documentary records the performances and...
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1983
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Bob Dylan made this concert film that chronicles a 1975/1976 performance of his Rolling Thunder Revue. In between songs he,...
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Woman in White
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1978
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This documentary about the history of popular music in America focuses on folk music, tracing its roots back to the American...
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1976
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Examines the death of a turbulent and controversial event, the anti-Vietnam rally featuring musical performances from folk...
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1975
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The legendary co-founder of bluegrass, Earl Scruggs (the other co-founder was his longtime partner, Lester Flatt) is seen...
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1975
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This music documentary records a concert given on November 23, 1972, at Sing Sing prison in upstate New York. Among the...
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Joan Baez
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1974
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Narrated by Tom DeWitt, this theatrical video explores the reality that is created in illusion in several short scenes. ~...
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1974
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1972
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One of the most notorious American judicial cases of the 20th century is paced and photographed like a spaghetti Western in...
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Singer, Songwriter
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1971
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This documentary chronicles the 1969 Big Sur Festival and features the folk-rock tunes of many of the era's most influential...
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1971
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This iconic musical documentary covers the three-day 1969 music festival on the property of Max Yasger's farm that...
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1970
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1970
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This documentary interview folksinger Joan Baez and husband David Harris, who will soon begin a three year prison term for...
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1970
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Joan Baez
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1970
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In 1965, filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker accompanied Bob Dylan to England to make a film about the singer/songwriter's British...
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1967
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An invaluable record of the Newport Folk Festival, the most important annual showcase for roots music from the late '50s...
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1967
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1966
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Country music and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs offers a memorable concert that finds him performing alongside such music...
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This documentary is a tribute to peace activists, containing two separate films on peace protests. The first, "The Healing of...
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