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Amazing Grace (Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sydney Pollack; Stars: Reverand James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, C.L. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, Mick Jagger, Sydney Pollack, Charlie Watts, Reverand James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, C.L. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Bernard Pretty Purdie)
Concert film about the recording of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace album.
The Computer Accent (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sebastian Pardo, Riel Roch Decter)
Electronic pop band Yacht set out to write and record an album using artificial intelligence technology.
The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Penelope Spheeris; Stars: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley, Lemmy)
A documentary showcase examining what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles heavy metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Monterey Pop (Year: 1968; Director: DA Pennebaker; Stars: Scott McKenzie, Denny Doherty, 'Mama' Cass Elliot, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Frank Cook, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Alan Wilson, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela, Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, James Gurley, Larry Taylor, Janis Joplin, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch, John Weider, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Bruce Barthol, David Cohen, Chicken Hirsh, Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar)
Documentary of the legendary California pre-Woodstock music festival
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