In Prison My Whole Life is a 2007 documentary film about Mumia Abu-Jamal, directed by Marc Evans, and written by Evans and William Francome. The title comes from the fact that Abu-Jamal was arrested in December 1981, on the day Francome was born. Others involved with the project were Angela Davis, Anthony Arnove, Dead Prez, Howard Zinn, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, Robert Meeropol, R...
In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the private life and public career of Joan Baez, How Sweet The Sound examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her remarkable journey as the conscience of a generation.
How Sweet The Sound features interviews with David Crosby, Bob Dylan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Roger McGuinn and others, as well a...
Joined by his long-running five-piece band The Dukes, Earle hit the stage kicking off his Guy Clark tribute with the classic “Dublin Blues,” receiving exuberant cheers at the opening line “Wish I was in Austin.” Earle immediately went into “Texas 1947,” featuring the expert pedal steel work of Ricky Ray Jackson. After sharing a short story about how he met Guy Clark while hitchhiking around Texas, the band performed the ode to the Hill Country honky-tonkin’ queen “Rita Ballou,” featuring Eleanor Whitmore on violin. Following a tale about Clark’s loyalty to Texas BBQ over Tennessee style BBQ, Joe Ely joined Earle on stage to perform “Desperadoes Waiting For a Train” – two Texas music legends trading verses on one of the state’s most influential songs.
坐落在乡村音乐之都纳什维尔一个不起眼的购物中心里的蓝鸟咖啡馆,是孕育了多位格莱美获奖者的摇篮。当年年仅十四岁的泰勒·斯威夫特正是因为在这里演唱,才有缘被唱片公司老板发掘。时隔多年,泰勒·斯威夫特重回蓝鸟,在这个当初让她的梦想落地发芽的咖啡馆里,演唱了一整首歌,热忱的唱腔里充满了感概和记忆,也成了蓝鸟咖啡馆最独特的背景音乐。纪录片除了讲述了在蓝鸟咖啡馆里,一位位音乐创作人被星探发掘,一举成名的故事,同时也记载了这家咖啡馆在这十几年内的所有变迁。这是一封送给所有乡村音乐爱好者的情书。
80年代美国东部阿巴拉契山区小镇上一段族人杀戮史,人们闭口不提但伤痕从未消弭。族人后裔的少年不经意揭开这段曾试图抹去的历史,才发现惨剧俨然已是梦魇,折磨着后人。
美国独立二百周年之际,精心筹备竞选活动的总统候选人,穿插其中的社会名流,借机扬名的乡村歌手,疯狂追捧的歌迷,冷眼旁观的BBC记者……各色人物你方唱罢我登场。在盛大的晚会上,女明星被刺杀使整部电影达到了最高潮。“你可以说,我不自由,但我并不为此而担忧”——在片尾冷漠的歌声中,镜头迅速地掠过场下喧嚣的人群,在那些呆滞或扭曲的面孔背后,是已被大众文化腐蚀而失去独立意识的空洞灵魂。
擅长处理群戏的罗伯特•奥尔特曼以其出色的调度与控制力,在“喋喋不休”的对白与“混乱无序”的场景中,精确地描绘了越战阴影下美国芸芸众生的人情性态,并深刻揭示出普世欢腾气氛下的美国社会精神危机。本片获得奥斯卡最佳电影与最佳导演等提名,堪称美国70年代电影代表佳作。
A young, recently-released and unpredictable ex-con with bad luck, and a sexy, listless girl-next-door with a troubled family, become trapped in a downward spiral of crime and obsessive love, as they try to ditch their dead-end town for a better life.