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A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. A popular black band from school needs a drummer and he joins them, but being colour blind in this town makes life very difficult.
A television version of Berlioz's oratorio.
Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.
Blinded soon after birth, Fanny Crosby adapted to her disability and went on to pen more than 10,000 hymns, more than any other person in history. This biography follows Crosby's life from her extraordinary childhood and her ability to memorize complete books of the Bible to her formal schooling and speech to the U.S. Congress, her role as a wife and mother, her selfless work as a nurse during the cholera epidemic and her prolific hymn writing.
Admired as one of the best lyricists of pop rock, Bob Dylan has his name recorded in music history. During his four decades career, he has been through many facets: from acoustic to electric guitar; from politicized to religious lyrics; from minimalist to very highly sophisticated arrangements. And his characteristic voice, for some, hoarse and full of style, for others a little out of tune, still influences many musicians. In this presentation filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Australia over February 24-25 1986, Dylan is accompanied by Tom Petty and the band The Heartbreakers, as well as a very fine selection of new compositions. To close the spectacle, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty perform a vocal duet in "Knockin' on heaven's door", one of the most famous songs of this compositor.
In the glitzy, glamorous city of Las Vegas, an unusual romance blooms between a Marilyn Monroe impersonator and an Elvis impersonator who really believes that he's the legendary King of Rock and Roll.
Features the beauty of colors and lights of Autumn in New England.
Four rebellious young Mexican women band together as outlaws in this film without audible dialogue, set to a soundtrack chiefly comprised of of Mexican rock & roll.
Oliver Knussen's operatic adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic picture book. Designed by Sendak for Glyndebourne's stage.
James Levine leads a remarkable cast in one of Verdi’s most enduringly popular operas and brings fresh insights to this beloved score. Ileana Cotrubas is poignant and touching as Violetta, the consumptive courtesan who finds true love with Alfredo, sung with style and passion by the great Plácido Domingo. Cornell MacNeil is Germont, Alfredo’s father, who forces the two apart, setting in motion events that lead to a shattering and tragic conclusion. Colin Graham’s production features design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch and choreography by Zachary Solov.
Crossover! All the stars of the 80s Israelian Mizrahi Music were brought. He is a rising star at the underground Mizrahi scene, She is an international model. Can they overcome the cultural and social differences in order to live in harmony?
A historic concert by the progressive rock band Los Jaivas in Vancouver, Canada. Funded and televised by Shaw Cable 10.
In this television special, after wrapping up a concert tour and missing their flights home, The Pointer Sisters decide to spend a night on the town in Los Angeles.
Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.
A landmark Christian music concert film, Sandi Patti: Let There Be Praise – The Concert Video captures the award‑winning soprano at the height of her 1980s popularity, delivering a powerhouse live performance filled with warmth, inspiration, and signature vocal brilliance. Filmed during her 1986 Let There Be Praise tour and released by Word, Inc. in 1987, the concert showcases Sandi Patti’s soaring range and expressive stage presence, supported by the acclaimed vocal trio First Call, who appear courtesy of DaySpring Records.
Deep Ellum is a place -- a part of Dallas, Texas. Deep Ellum, along with its legendary music scene built by the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lead Belly, and Bill Neely, all but disappeared with the construction of Central Expressway in the 1950s. This film is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series which explores the 1920's and 1930's night life in Dallas through the music of Bill Neely.
The Prince's Trust celebrates it's 10th anniversary in 1986 with a concert at Wembley Arena featuring a variety of rock stars and attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Animated film loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.
Libretto by Nikolai Kemarsky based on the novel of the same name by A.N. Tolstoy.
A ballet film based on the plots of films and set to music by Charles Spencer Chaplin.
Filmed and recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London 11th December 1984. Set-List: We Are Glass Berserker Remind Me To Smile Sister Surprise Music for Chameleons The Iceman Comes Cold Warning This Prison Moon My Dying Machine We Take Mystery (To Bed) This Is New Love
The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. Includes many Cajun and Zydeco greats, featuring Michael Doucet and Beausoleil, Clifton Chenier, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard, and many others.
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, King Boy D and Rockman Rock, try to find and gain access to the mystical White Room. They leave a party at their house and drive in their 1968 US Cop Car through night-time London and the dusty plains of the Sierra Nevada region of Spain. There they face judgement: will they be allowed to enter the White Room? Meanwhile their lawyer David Franks tries to find a loophole to free them from their contract with Eternity.
Offenbach's popular comic opera poking fun at Greek mythology in english translation, staged for television by Christopher Renshaw.
On the centenary of the opening of the operetta Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan return to the Royal Albert Hall London to attend a performance of their most popular works.
It was Antonio Vivaldi who developed the classic symphony orchestra, added coloration to the strings and wind instruments to the ensemble, originated the concerto for solo instruments, and was considered to be one of the greatest violinists of the 18th century. This biographical program chronicles the life and musical styles of Vivaldi, with on-location footage and lush studio re-creations of original settings showcasing the astonishing variety of Vivaldi’s works. Included are extracts from operas, oratorios, masses and sonatas, and concertos for flute, oboe, and trumpets, as well as such violin concertos as The Four Seasons. Fifteen-year-old prodigy Corey Cerovsek portrays the young Vivaldi, and world-renowned violinist Steven Staryk plays Vivaldi as a grown man.
Based on a true story of a Polish musician who survived the concentration camp only because he could play on the accordion the title melody.
Filmed at Maple Leaf Gardens during the Iron Fist Tour on May 12, 1982. Songs include: Overkill / Heart of Stone / Shoot You in the Back / The Hammer / Jailbait / America / (Don't Need) Religion / Capricorn / (Don't Let 'em) Grind Ya Down / (We Are) The Road Crew / No Class / Bite the Bullet / The Chase is Better Than the Catch / Bomber
A portrait of the German electronic band "Der Plan". Büld follows the band on their tour through Japan.
Iconic performances that portray love with profound passion. Meng Jiangnu, found as a baby in a gourd, was cherished by the Meng family. Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified China but ruled with tyranny, conscripting millions for labor, including Fan Qiliang, whom Meng Jiangnu married after he saved her life. Fan was later conscripted again, leading to Meng Jiangnu’s legendary weeping at the Great Wall.
Dean Martin live in London 1983
The heroine of this not quite serious story was born with extraordinary talent: instead of speaking, she sings - sings always, everywhere and at all.
A dramatic adaptation of Mozart's opera Così fan tutte. A man urges two bachelor friends to test their fiancées' fidelity.
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
This program has been hailed as a natural moment so perfectly described that it will never be forgotten. Scenes captured in Colorado, Utah, Nevada and California during the months of December 1984 and January 1985 accompanied by the music of 12 Windham Hill artists. Includes an original composition by Mark Isham created and scored for this video.
The Flood by Jaap Drupsteen is an experimental audiovisual film about water, nature, and the Dutch relationship with flooding.
Famous singer Hanan's car breaks down, and she meets Ahmed who drives her with his car. Because Ahmed dreams of having a theater, he decides to take advantage of Hanan's growing feelings towards him and marries her to help him with his dream. But a surprise changes everything, messing up his plans.
At the Nureyev Festival at the London Coliseum in July 1983, Rudolf Nureyev danced the faun as part of a Homage to Diaghilev in a mixed bill of ballets. Then, in the late 1980s, dance notation specialists Ann Hutchinson Guest and Claudia Jeschke reconstructed the ballet from Nijinsky's own notebooks, his dance notation, and the photographs of the dancers that Baron Adolph de Meyer produced shortly after the original performance of the ballet. This reconstructed version is often presented alongside Nijinsky's other works or repertoire from the Ballets Russes.
This gripping performance from the metal gurus Warlock with ex-model and metal queen Doro Pesch was recorded live from the Camden Palace, London in 1985. Her captivating voice together with the shoulder smashing sound of Warlock includes all of their greatest material.
A young woman Egle is forced to marry the king of serpents, her brothers seek to avenge their sister.
'Zivjeli - To Life' is a film documenting a tour to Yugoslavia by a group of Canada's most distinguished dancers and musicians including the Soundstage Canada '81 performances at the Zagreb Biennale. Produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, TVOntario, and the National Film Board of Canada.
Arcadia were formed by three members of Duran Duran, Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor. They released one album 'So Red The Rose' on 18 November 1985. The additional DVD was originally released on VHS in 1987. It follows the filming of five clips from the album 'So Red The Rose' & the fascinating combination of directors, locations, behind the scene footage & photographic montages which come together to give an insight into the world of video production. The collection of videos including Arcadia’s first single 'Election Day' are shown in full, including Dean Chamberlain’s rarely seen interpretation of the song 'Missing,' along with footage of 'The Promise,' 'Goodbye Is Forever,' and 'The Flame.'
A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.
It was recorded at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on 18 December 1981, for what was the penultimate show of the band's U.S. tour that year. The show was the first-ever live pay-per-view broadcast of a music concert.
Film version of the operetta with the same name, based on the comedy "Karnavalet e Korçës" by Spiro Çomora. This is the first musical comedy made in Albania.
Ghiaurov, Freni, and Bumbry were great voices in their time, and they are still effective here -- good enough musicians to put over the quite heavy vocal and expressive demands of their roles. Louis Quilico was never quite in that league, and he sounds a bit spread and woofy in places here, but he works hard and effectively to bring Rodrigo to life. Placido Domingo recorded his first Don Carlo, for EMI with Giulini, about 15 years before this production, but he looks and sounds fine here -- in the early 1980's he was doing very good Otellos and Lohengrins too, and Furlanetto, still in his 30's, brings a rich, young voice to an old part and succeeds in making the Grand Inquisitor vocally as well as expressively formidable. Levine brings both weight and energy to the score, and that reading fits well with the overall "traditional" design and production -- the Met's wardrobe budget must have been severely taxed, but everybody looks splendid.
Babb Bird Bird Ik Baep is the title of the second Bird Bird Show concert, held on 25 - 28 June 1987, performed at the main auditorium, Thailand Cultural Center, for 7 rounds, number of viewers. 14,000 people by invited guests: the McIntyre family, long drums from the Praneet Music Group, Lamthat Mae Prayun
Documentary about the life of opera singer Teresa Stratas
Bring on the Night is a 1985 documentary film, that focuses on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career. Some of the songs, whose recording sessions are featured in the film, appeared on his debut solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. Each musician in the band through the course of the film is interviewed.
This is one of three short films in the Living Texas Blues series. Battle of the Guitars shows the ranging influence of Aaron "T-Bone" Walker throught the performance of Pete Mayes and Joe Hughes at the Doll House Club in Houston.
Hear 'n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa. According to Ronnie James Dio's MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.
Four teenagers in the German Ruhr region try to succeed as a rock band in 1966. A girl tries to join them as a singer but is rejected by them.
Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.
Four teen-age New York residents try to raise cash to improve a dilapidated building they brought for a dollar.