Songs of Ascension

A beguiling film from Meredith Monk, shot at Ann Hamilton's Tower, Geyserville, CA. Likely filmed a decade previously.

Songs and Stories

This documentary is about Rinshō Kadekaru, a Japanese-Okinawan singer who was known as a representative Okinawan folk, shimauta, singer of the post-war era.

Georgian Ancient Songs

Under the premise of documenting for the sake of preservation the various forms of Georgian religious chanting, a distinct kind of sonorous psalmody passed over from generation to generation, what Otar Iosseliani capture

Valentin Silvestrov. Quiet Songs

How Pop Songs Work

Conductor Charles Hazlewood hosts a celebration of the magic of pop music and explores the skill and musical dexterity that goes into writing, performing and producing hit records.

Songs of Ireland

Some of the finest Irish singers and musicians, recorded in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Celtic Connections 2012. Eleanor McEvoy, Finbar Furey, Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Brian Kennedy and many others sing the songs t

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Bedtime Stories & Songs is a 1986 Sesame Street direct-to-video compilation, released on VHS as part of the My Sesame Street Home Video label. The video was re-released with different segments under the new title of Slee

Songs from Kanzu

Akyns are Kazakh poets who sing improvised songs to the sound of the dombra. Jiahenur, a famous akyn in his region, is our guide on this musical journey through Kazakh life in the Chinese city of Kanzu, in his home provi

Songs, Bullies and Chicks

In order to promote a plumcake an adman associates with a mad scientist who has found a way to interfere with TV broadcasts.

Leonard Cohen: Songs from the Road

Excerpts of Leonard Cohen's live performances in an itinerary that spans almost the whole world. Not only is this documentary a tribute to Cohen's artistic streak as a man of the stage, but also a tribute to his constant

The Grateful Dead Movie: Bonus Songs

100 minutes of bonus songs not included in the film during the band's October 1974 five-night run at Winterland in San Francisco.

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Pongo & Perdita

It's the day of the annual Bow-Wow Ball at the Dalmatian Plantation! Pongo, Perdita, and Nanny do their best to keep your favorite puppies from Disney's live-action hit, 101 Dalmatians, out of trouble before their friend

Cine-Songs Program

Six films in one reel: The Reticule of Love; The Recurring Dream; Aristotle; Malevitch at the Guggenheim; Silently, Bearing Totem of a Bird; Ives House: Woodstock.

Bad Religion - Punk Rock Songs

A Symposium on Popular Songs

Professor Ludwig von Drake plays a variety of popular music, all of which he wrote. First, ragtime: the Rutabaga Rag, with vegetables dancing in stop-motion. Next, the Charleston, with cut-out animation of a singer and d

Songs of Duolan

Duolan left Yakutia for Georgia. He turned his apartment into a small kitchen to make a living selling sushi. In Batumi, where little reminds him of home, Duolan searches for something that might bring back the feeling o

These Hellish Songs

When the Forever Killers, a punk rock band, struggles to hold itself together, Tori Blades, the lead singer, takes drastic measures in order to prevent the seemingly inevitable break-up of the band.

Songs of Innocence

Songs of Innocence, which directly references the visionary Romanticism of William Blake, is haunted with symbolic transformations, as shifting light is charted through the passage of a day. Images of children singing on

The Songs of Chris Cobb

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, Islander Chris Cobb sings his own songs and recites his poems about the old days and t

Fear of Songs

In 2002, a young Palestinian asylum seeker is released from Australian detention — but the footage capturing this pivotal moment vanishes, never archived. Fear of Songs is an experimental short film that attempts to reco