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- DirectorMat WhitecrossStarsPaul ArthursChristine BillerMark CoyleOasis's breakthrough years documented into a detailed depiction of the infamous brothers from Manchester forming the band in the early '90s leading up to the legendary performance at Knebworth.
- DirectorBert MarcusCyrus SaidiStarsSteve AngelloCarl CoxChip EberhartDJs, producers, and promoters discuss the history and state of electronic dance music.
- DirectorIan McFarlandStarsRoger MiretVinnie StigmaAgnostic FrontFollows the two of the most respected men in underground music, Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma of the band Agnostic Front.
- DirectorPaul JustmanStarsJoe HunterJack AshfordUriel JonesDocumentary about the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists.
- DirectorBenjamin WhalleyStarsAlexis PetridisIan LevineRandy JonesA film about how a much-derided music actually changed the world. Between 1969 and 1979 disco was born through gay liberation, female desire in the age of feminism and led to the birth of modern club culture before taking the world by storm. This in turn led to the 'Disco Sucks' movement and the inevitable backlash.
- DirectorJamie KastnerStarsPeter KeleghanJulia HladkowiczKito LightbourneA documentary on the disco era featuring interview with its key musicians.
- StarsGustavo SantaolallaRubén AlbarránJavier BatizSoda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others feature in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsMichael HutchenceDennis FarrissINXSA documentary feature about the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS.
- DirectorEric GreenStarsEmma AndersonAlex AyuliAndy BellBEAUTIFUL NOISE is an in-depth exploration of a music movement in the late twentieth century, a fascinating period when some innovative musicians mixed guitar noise into conventional pop song structures while maintaining a philosophy of letting the music speak for itself. Although many of the people interviewed are notoriously press shy they have opened up about their music and experiences from over 20 years ago, how they defied the rules and became sonic innovators that have inspired so many.
- StarsShadLL Cool JBig Daddy KaneMC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
- StarsLudwig GöranssonHozierT-PainUncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.
- DirectorBruno NatalStarsVictor AxelrodHowie B.Lloyd BarnesThrough interviews with over 40 key names on the history of dub, electronic music and hip hop, "Dub Echoes" connects the dots between of the otherwise fragmented relation between all this genres.
- DirectorEthan HigbeeAdam Bhala LoughStarsBenicio Del ToroCarl BradshawThe ClashThe definitive life story about Jamaican musical legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry.
- DirectorKathryn FergusonStarsSinéad O'ConnorGay ByrneJohn O'ConnorFollowing the career of singer Sinéad O'Connor through her rise to fame and how her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream.
- StarsJim ForbesSinéad O'ConnorSinead O'Connor, had a musical career by releasing hits "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince Cover), from her second album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" which hit #1 on the Billboard charts. While promoting her third album "Am I Not Your Girl?", she appeared on Saturday Night Live and, while performing one of the songs, O'Connor ripped a picture of John Pope II. That incident sent shockwaves across the country and, nearly 5,000 phone calls flooded NBC and, the network wasn't fined. To this day, NBC refused to air the scene. At the Bob Dylan Tribute concert, she was greeted with cheers and boos. While she was performing, the audience was getting louder and louder and, after she finished country performer Kris Kristofferson escorted a sobbing O'Connor off the stage. That performance, was two weeks after the photo tearing incident. A clip was shown when her albums, cassettes, CD's and, singles were being steamrolled.
- DirectorTabbert FiillerStarsJohn LydonMichael AlagoMartin AtkinsThe story of PiL, the groundbreaking band form by John Lydon after the collapse of The Sex Pistols in 1978.
- DirectorIce-TAndy BaybuttStarsIce-TDr. DreChuck DA documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsPaul McCartneyRobert PlantDavid GilmourThe story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
- DirectorPaul CrowderMurray LernerParris PattonStarsRoger DaltreyPete TownshendJohn EntwistleA documentary on The Who, featuring interviews with the band's two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.
- DirectorPenelope SpheerisStarsEugene TatuAlice Bag BandBlack FlagA look into the Los Angeles punk rock scene, that was largely ignored by the rock music press of the time.
- DirectorTed BafaloukosStarsLeroy 'Horsemouth' WallaceRichard 'Dirty Harry' HallMonica CraigHorsemouth sets himself up in business selling records but when gangsters steal his bike things start to turn nasty. As tensions build, Horsemouth and friends plot to end the gangsters reign of terror and restore justice to the people of Kingston.