Angel Bat Dawid - one of the great jazz discoveries of recent years as a guest at Chassol in Ground Control. Chicago-native Angel Bat Dawid is one of the many talents tracked down by the US label International Anthem. Together with trumpeter Jaimie Branch and drummer Makaya McCraven, Angel Bat Dawid ensures that the "Windy City" is on the radar for jazz all over the world. The musician switches between vocals, clarinet and piano with amazing ease. But apart from that, Angel Bat Dawid is able to breathe a highly spiritual dimension into her music like no other, so that her jazz almost borders on gospel. Listening to the multi-instrumentalist therefore sometimes has something of a transcendental experience, at times reminiscent of the music of Sun Ra. This concert at Ground Control reveals all the artistic glory of their music. Recording of July 4, 2022 at Ground Control, Paris.
A guide to learn about the new italian musical languages loved by the new generations. An "explanation" given by the artists themselves regarding concepts embedded in their songs that turns the spotlight on the importance of dialogue on themes such as love, death, sex, success, nostalgia, democracy and money.
Pull back the curtain on the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, from Sean Connery’s Dr No through to Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time to Die.
A soul rock and roll movie about love, talent, death, and music. It is about a singer's (Shelby Lynne) improbable journey to achieve her dreams, and when she does, it's about the price she has paid and the question of whether or not it was worth it.
Adryan Coogan Jr. and Jane Claude (J.C.) Willis are two black musicians preparing to perform on stage in front of a segregated audience for the first time hoping to boost their careers. Feeling bogged down by their anxieties and expectations, Adryan forgetting his sheet music proves to be just the tip of the iceberg for the already conflicted musicians.
Didko (aka the devil) is a character of Ukrainian folk demonology. The narrative conveys that didko is waiting for everyone who misbehaves and will torture them. Only this work doesn't depict them in a traditional way, with little horns upon the pig's face, with goat legs and covered in fur. Instead, it suggests their appearance as humans, implying that anyone could be a sinner and anyone could be a devil.
In 2021, aspiring chef Phelokazi Ndlwana was stabbed to death because she fought back against her rapist. She was targeted specifically because she was a proud black lesbian, beloved in her home community of Khayelitsha Township, South Africa, and the latest victim in a national epidemic of homophobic violence. Funeka Soldaat and her activist group Free Gender in Khayelitsha took the police to court, alleging incompetence and corruption in Phelokazi's case. Ndodana-Breen and Greyson have crafted an operatic cine-poem inspired by Phelokazi's story, featuring vocals by mezzo-soprano Chantelle Grant.
A BTS documentary set in the August of 2015 when Piyush Mishra flew down to Hyderabad to lend his vocals to an independent film called SHEESH MAHAL. Piyush penned lyrics for two songs composed by Vivek Sagar. Sheeshmahal marks the first collaboration of Camp Sasi with Rohit Penumatsa.
Join acclaimed dance innovator, Margaret Beals, in her exploration of the art of improvisation. In this short documentary, Ms. Beals demonstrates the power and authenticity of improvisation as performance and also as a tool of discovery for any creative endeavor.
A look at the life and career of Dolly Parton, drawing on interviews given across her five-decade career and featuring the stories behind many of her biggest hit songs.
The last train has just finished its usual run in Shimokitazawa. Ayumu wanders into Shimokitazawa late at night and encounters a group of dreamy old men living in Shimokitazawa, known as "dreamy old men. They drink, sing, and dance ...... without worrying about the details, and in the meantime, they may have solved their problems. The film depicts the events of one night that Ayumu spent with them. The cast members who play the "dream uncles" were recruited through auditions, and the uncles, who have a variety of acting and life experiences, gather together to sing and dance.
A film about peace, love and war. Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia. The film takes place at the end of the summer of 1917, when Russia and the whole world were at a crossroads between two eras. None of the people could even imagine how much his life would change in the very near future. In a strange way, the atmosphere of the film echoes our current reality and what is happening in Russia today. According to the form of visualization, the film belongs to experimental mockumentary cinema. To give greater authenticity to what is happening on the screen, the shooting was carried out on black-and-white negatives of 16 and 35 mm, hand-operated cameras were used and the material was developed in manual spiral tanks. The documentary chronicle of the Kolchak army of 1919 and the White army in the Far East of 1922 is embedded in the finale of the film.
To chase her dream of becoming a singer, Lyric earns her place in the prestigious PNCM and joins the underdog show choir Werpa with her friend, Beat. Soon, a member of Werpa's rival team asks to become part of the group, much to everyone's surprise.
Set in a nightmarish Bardo, a place between death and rebirth, a tormented writer faces down demons of his own making. Forced to confront the darkest moment in his life, he mines fractured and repressed memories for a way out. A woman is at the center of all the writer’s afterlife encounters. She is the subject of his life’s greatest regret, and she materializes everywhere in this Otherworld. The writer cannot detach any thoughts of his life from her.