Movies

Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just...

The Monterey Jazz Festival was established in 1958 by impressario Jimmy Lyons who has hosted an enormous amount of music at this idyllic location....

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie...

Earth is visited by a race of aliens, who issue an ultimatum: either peace or complete destruction.

Two soldiers patrolling opposite sides of the border between two countries speculate on what the world would be like if there were more cooperation...

At once a high-level musician, member of the October Group, entertainer, theater artist, film actor, mountaineer, and skier, Maurice Baquet, always...

The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz...

Mother Earth and Father Time converse about the choices humans make. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest...

A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis,...

As a pianist, composer and conductor, Lalo Schifrin is equally at home leading an orchestra, performing at a jazz festival or scoring a film. This...

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro,...

A 4 part documentary about jazz musician / actor Slim Gaillard with interviews, archival footage & performances.

Carved to the beat verses of Allen Ginsberg and his eponymous poem, A Supermarket in California paints the most surreal contours of an America...

Willie Ruff, musician, composer, educator, filmmaker, and Yale School of Music alumnus was on the faculty of the Yale School of Music from 1971 until...

This is Les Blank’s earliest music film, focusing on the renown trumpet player, Dizzy Gillespie, who along with Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk,...

Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.

A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The...