Back to Black
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album,...
release : 2024.04.11popularis : 41.086
The Color Purple
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately...
release : 2023.12.25popularis : 20.433
When We Were Kings
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the...
release : 1996.10.25popularis : 14.323
Get on Up
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
release : 2014.08.01popularis : 13.662
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...
release : 2021.07.02popularis : 13.476
The Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First...
release : 1991.08.14popularis : 13.24
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking...
release : 2022.12.20popularis : 12.397
Quincy
An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and...
release : 2018.09.21popularis : 10.36
The Sapphires
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as...
release : 2012.08.08popularis : 8.251
Northern Soul
Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
release : 2014.10.17popularis : 5.282
Who in the Hell Is Regina Jones?
Before Rolling Stone, there was Soul Newspaper. Behind Soul, there was Regina Jones. Against all odds, Regina blazed her own path, and at 80 has...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 5.251
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of...
release : 2014.04.27popularis : 5.067
Finding the Funk
Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands...
release : 2014.01.31popularis : 4.903
Take Me to the River
Take Me to the River is a film about the soul of American music. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from Stax records...
release : 2014.03.11popularis : 4.633
Parliament Funkadelic: One Nation Under a Groove
One Nation Under A Groove - P-Funk Documentary 2005 Known to its legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a profound impact...
release : 2005.04.05popularis : 3.967
The History of Rock 'n' Roll
The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
release : 1995.03.06popularis : 3.821
James Brown: Say It Loud
Traces the incredible trajectory of Brown’s life and career from a 7th grade drop-out arrested and jailed at the age of 16 for breaking into a...
release : 2024.02.19popularis : 15.109
Stax: Soulsville USA
The story of an underdog, interracial record label that ushered in groundbreaking music.
release : 2024.05.20popularis : 13.429
Soul America
A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive,...
release : 2020.09.04popularis : 6.007