Tuesday, April 7, 2015

A Few Documentaries

The Girls in the Band
 The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930's to the present day. -IMDB Description
Titanic: Band of Courage
 Titanic - Band of Courage is the dramatic and inspiring story of the eight musicians who continued to play on as the ship went down in a valiant effort to provide peace, calm and dignity to those facing certain death. The story of the band and their legendary bravery in the face of death made news around the world at the time. The story is told with commentary and interviews from experts on the era, the ship, the music and the night of the sinking - supported by archival footage, photos, renderings, original location footage and dramatic footage of Titanic as it rests now on the ocean floor of the North Atlantic.-IMDB Description
Through a Lens Darkly
 
The first documentary to explore the American family photo album through the eyes of black photographers, Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history to discover images that have been suppressed, forgotten and lost. From slavery to the present, these extraordinary images unveil a world confronting the difficult edges of citizenship and what it means to be human.
Inspired by Deborah Willis's book Reflections in Black and featuring works by Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Anthony Barboza, Hank Willis Thomas, Coco Fusco, Lyle Ashton Harris and many others, Through a Lens Darkly introduces the viewer to a community of storytellers who collectively transform singular experiences into a journey of discovery - and a call to action. -Amazon Description

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