Music Documentary Movies

A documentary about The Embassy, the iconic duo at the heart of Gothenburg's influential indie scene that emerged in the early 2000s.

Born in 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nena, whose real name is Gabriele Susanne Kerner, grew up under the influence of a father who...

​An exploration of the personal and creative struggles behind the music of four-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jason Isbell.

This aloha-filled portrait of Auntie Irmgard Farden Aluli, one of Hawaii's best loved composers, gently focuses on Hawai'ian women's contributions to...

Cornelis Vreeswijk was one of the biggest artists in Sweden. 33 years after his death, his songs are still played daily on the radio and on various...

A revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world's most iconic and...

An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told through his own words and songs.

Sentenced to life in prison at 15, musician JJ'88 finds hope by writing songs during solitary confinement in this award-winning documentary visual...

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes...

Unprecedented access into one of the world's greatest musical talents and his larger than life lifestyle: Elton John. With frank, funny, and touching...

In 1985, Barbra Streisand released "The Broadway Album," which remains one of her most popular records. Barbra's first television special on HBO...

This legendary event was meant to be “the French Woodstock.” Almost no one remembers it today, because nothing — absolutely nothing...

Eterna is a 2022 Spanish documentary film directed by Juanma Sayalonga and David Sainz about the life of feminist rapper-poet Gata Cattana.

The history of italo disco, a musical genre that conquered the world during the incredible eighties, the most cybernetic decade; a style that was not...

Enrique Morente's three sons tell the story of their father: the most revolutionary flamenco in history. Despite criticism from purists, he opened...

Totally Stripped is a newly revised version of the documentary that was originally made to coincide with the release of The Rolling Stones Stripped...

This visionary music documentary traces the turbulent, transcendent life of Gregg Allman — from a childhood ruptured by his father’s...

Born underground, on the heels of the Civil Rights Movement and the Stonewall Riots, disco’s nascent popularity saw the spectacular takeover of...