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- Love Story (2006)
- Belated but worth–the–wait tragi–profile of overlooked cult band Love, whose magnetic black frontman Arthur Lee passed away shortly…
- DVD $44.95
- Meanies, The (2006)
- The history and music of punkish Australian band The Meanies is chronicled in this watchable documentary, which covers much of the Melbourne…
- DVD $29.95
- Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
- Turkish dir. Fatih Akin unveils Istanbul’s rich and uninhabited music scene, listening in on the capital’s many sonic threads: a soundscape…
- DVD
$29.95 $14.95
- Favela Rising (2005)
- Rousing documentary traces the transformation of a violent slum in Rio de Janeiro by former drug–dealer Anderson Sa, who was so shocked by a…
- DVD $29.95
- Five Sides of a Coin (2003)
- A thorough exploration of the five sides of hip–hop culture: rap, turntablism, break–dancing, human beat–boxing and…
- DVD $29.95
- Work of Director Spike Jonze, The (2003)
- Before his successful foray into feature films, director Spike Jonze made his name as the pre–eminent music video director of the 1990s. He…
- DVD $24.95
- You See Me Laughin' (2002)
- Doco about the latterday backwoods blues musicians clustered around the Fat Possum label. Includes R L Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Cedell Davis,…
- DVD $29.95
- Metallica - S & M (2000)
- Michael Kamen directs the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in an epic accompaniment for heavy–metal gods Metallica. Songs include: The Ecstasy…
- DVD $49.95, $49.95
- Rapmania (2000)
- A transcontinental coming–together of US rappers and hiphoppers with twin concerts at New York’s Apollo Theatre and L.A.’s Palace…
- DVD $42.95
- Modulations (1998)
- Sub–captioned "Cinema for the Ear", this is an enlightening exposition of electronic music – a marginalised yet broadly significant music…
- Poster (VG) $12.95