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Docs Ireland · 2023

Docs Ireland 2023

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Amazing Grace

Review preview for Amazing Grace

One doesn't need to be religious to find something ineffable not just in the music itself but in the way it is expressed.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
Concert film about the recording of Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace album.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Sydney Pollack; Stars: Reverand James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, C.L. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Bernard Pretty Purdie, Chuck Rainey, Clara Ward, Mick Jagger, Sydney Pollack, Charlie Watts, Reverand James Cleveland, Aretha Franklin, C.L. Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Bernard Pretty Purdie)

The Computer Accent

Electronic pop band Yacht set out to write and record an album using artificial intelligence technology.

(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sebastian Pardo, Riel Roch Decter)

The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

A documentary showcase examining what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles heavy metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.

(Country: US; Year: 1988; Director: Penelope Spheeris; Stars: Joe Perry, Steven Tyler, Gene Simmons, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley, Lemmy)

Monterey Pop

Documentary of the legendary California pre-Woodstock music festival

(Year: 1968; Director: DA Pennebaker; Stars: Scott McKenzie, Denny Doherty, 'Mama' Cass Elliot, John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Frank Cook, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine, Alan Wilson, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Hugh Masekela, Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Spencer Dryden, Paul Kantner, Jorma Kaukonen, Grace Slick, Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Dave Getz, James Gurley, Larry Taylor, Janis Joplin, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch, John Weider, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Bruce Barthol, David Cohen, Chicken Hirsh, Country Joe McDonald, Barry Melton, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar)