THE SHOW’S THE THING | Janis and Tina at Madison Square Garden, November 27, 1969. Photograph by & © Amalie R. Rothschild
DOC NYC
Dates:
November 8-15
Section:
Sonic Cinema, films on music and musicians:
THE 5 BROWNS: DIGGING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
Director: Ben Niles
NYC PREMIERE
Siblings and Juilliard-trained piano virtuosos, the 5 Browns confront a disturbing secret and use music to recover from its impact on their family.
16 BARS
Director: Samuel Bathrick
NYC PREMIERE
Grammy winner Todd Thomas—aka “Speech” of Arrested Development—leads a unique collaborative music workshop in a Virginia state jail.
ECHO IN THE CANYON
Director: Andrew Slater
NYC PREMIERE
Musician Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers explores the 1960s musicians who fostered folk rock tradition in the community of Laurel Canyon.
I USED TO BE NORMAL: A BOYBAND FANGIRL STORY
Director: Jessica Leski
NYC PREMIERE
Profiling the ardent fans who find joy in their devotion of boy bands such as New Kids on the Block, N*Sync, One Direction and The Beatles.
IT MUST SCHWING! THE BLUE NOTE STORY
Director: Eric Friedler
NYC PREMIERE
Executive produced by Wim Wenders and featuring a swinging jazz soundtrack, this history of Blue Note Records profiles the company’s two Jewish German refugee founders.
RUDEBOY: THE STORY OF TROJAN RECORDS
Director: Nicolas Jack Davies
US PREMIERE
Set to great Jamaican music, a creative exploration of the pioneering 1960s label behind “Rudy, A Message to You,” “You Can Get if You Really Want,” and more.
THE SHOW’S THE THING: THE LEGENDARY PROMOTERS OF ROCK
Directors: Molly Bernstein, Philip Dolin
WORLD PREMIERE
This untold chapter of rock history reveals the influential live music promoters behind the rise of the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, David Bowie, and more.
TEDDY PENDERGRASS: IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME
Director: Olivia Lichtenstein
NYC PREMIERE
This definitive bio, set to a soulful soundtrack, tells the story of Teddy Pendergrass, poised to be the biggest R&B artist ever—until tragedy struck.
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