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Chi-Raq
(Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Spike Lee; Writer: Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee, based on the play by Aristophanes; Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes, Angela Bassett, John Cusack)
Lysistrata re-envisioned through an outbreak of street violence between black gangs.
Sonic gala
Minute Bodies: The Intimate World of F Percy Smith
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Stuart A Staples)
Tribute to the naturalist and pioneering filmmaker.
On The Road (Love Song: Wolf Alice)
(Country: UK; Year: 2016; Director: Michael Winterbottom; Stars: Shirley Henderson, Paul Popplewell, James McArdle, Jamie Quinn, Ellie Rowsell, Leah Harvey, Joel Amey, Theo Ellis, Joff Oddie)
Documenting the London band on and off stage.
SHOT! the Psycho-Spiritual Mantra Of Rock
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2016; Director: Barney Clay)
Music photographer Mick Rock is best known for his iconic photographs of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Queen, and countless others. In a documentary as rock-n-roll as its subject, Mick Rock guides us through his psychedelic, shambolic first-hand experiences as the visual record-keeper of these myths and legends.
We Are X
(Country: UK, Japan; Year: 2016; Director: Stephen Kijak; Stars: Gene Simmons, Wes Borland, Richard Fortus, Hiroshi Morie, Toshi, Sugizo, Yoshiki, Pata)
As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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