This compilation of interviews, videos and live performances by Chris Whitley does a fine job of showing the wide range of his music. It varies, but tuneful, poetic blues is one way to describe it. Whitley died from lung cancer…
You Won’t Regret That Tattoo
‘You Won’t Regret That Tattoo’ is a short documentary that explores the meanings and memories behind the tattoos of an older generation, and challenges the belief that ink is something we will come to regret.
The Art of the Black Panther Party
Emory Douglas was one of two African American students in his graphic design classes at San Francisco City College. It was there that he became involved in political activism, and by the late 1960s he was serving as the Revolutionary…
B.B. Kings Calls This One of His Best Performances
Documentary filmmaker David Hoffman captures B.B. King’s performance at Sing Sing Prison at Ossining, New York in 1972.
Napster Documentary: Culture of Free
In 1999, a file-sharing program created in a Boston dorm room sent shock waves across the music industry and served notice that a major cultural shift was underway. (Source: The New York Times)
The Greatest Bowling Story Ever Told
On one ordinary night everything might change for Bill Fong, an underdog bowler, as he begins to get strike after strike. Will he attain the “perfect series,” or buckle under the pressure?