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Please avoid adding music video DVDs released by artists, unless there is a genuine documentary film aspect to the work. Video albums should be added to the appropriate sub-categories in Category:Video albums .
The documentary concerned the history of rap music and hip-hop culture in the United States, from its origins in the Bronx to mainstream stardom at the turn of the 20th century, to the present day. The documentary focuses a lens on the political aspects and ramifications of Hip-hop music in a reactionary culture. [3]
The film won Best Music Documentary at the 2017 Boulder International Film Festival. [6] At the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, the film won both of the Audience Award categories. [7] In December, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual Canada's Top Ten list of the ten best Canadian films. [8]
The documentary opens with their rehearsals before going on tour after six years apart. Director Thom Zimny got a crew to film those rehearsals without any idea of what the footage would become.
The earliest documentary listed is Fred Ott's Sneeze (1894), which is also the first motion picture ever copyrighted in North America. The term documentary was first used in 1926 by filmmaker John Grierson as a term to describe films that document reality. For other lists, see Category:Documentary films by country and Category:Documentaries by ...
Around 1973, Palmer conceived of a 16-part documentary about American popular music which, after considerable shopping around, he convinced Bernard Delfont of EMI to bankroll. [4] He proceeded to film over 300 interviews in approximately one million feet of film and was given access to archival footage of the same length.
The film includes footage of performances by Zappa and his various bands, as well as many interviews of people who knew or worked with him. In addition to Zappa himself, the interview subjects include Bruce Bickford , Pamela Des Barres , Bunk Gardner , Mike Keneally , Scott Thunes , Ian Underwood , Ruth Underwood , Steve Vai , Ray White , and ...
Documentary films about people with disabilities (10 C, ... Documentary films about music and musicians (17 C, ... A Change of Sex;