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A 100 years ago, Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted German spy. Was she a dangerous spy, whose boldness and sexuality threatened the establishment, or a victim entangled in a climate of blame and desperation as WWI dragged on?

In 1960, a group of white teenage Chicago musicians traveled to the city's southside music clubs to learn the blues from the original masters. This is their story.

"You know, I like sweet blues... I want to be singing. I want to be sweet," said music legend Mike Bloomfield of his searing, lyrical guitar playing. His awesome instrumental prowess is on full display in this raucous documentary celebrating the legacy of a hard-living, finger-fretting renegade. Described by fellow icon Al Kooper as "not just another white boy [but] someone who truly knew what the blues were about," Bloomfield drew on African American tradition while burnishing his licks with a radical compositional approach reflecting the social and cultural upheaval of the 1960s. Bloomfield passed away in 1981, but his sterling musicality as the embodiment of Chicago blues lives on through the work of acolytes such as Carlos Santana, B.B. King and Charlie Musselwhite, all of whom testify to the master's enduring influence in Bob Sarles' lovingly crafted film. Sweet, indeed.

Music meets the Mob in this biography of '60s hitmaker and 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bert Berns.

A son explores his hilarious and often disturbing relationship with his narcissistic mother as well as the rest of his dysfunctional family.

Shot over two nights in May 2006 at San Francisco's venerable Warfield Theater, this concert film presents founding Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh leading his own band reinterpreting choice songs from the Dead's songbook. For these shows Lesh's band included guitarists John Scofield (a veteran of Miles Davis' band), Larry Campbell (ten years on the road with Bob Dylan), Grammy winning vocalist Joan Osborne, jazz saxophonist Greg Osby, and longtime Phil Lesh & Friends band members Rob Barraco on keyboards and John Molo on drums.

This film documents two showcase performances presented by Pete Townshend's muse Rachel Fuller featuring emerging and established artists as solo artists and collaborating in unrehearsed jams with Fuller and Townshend. The film also features a solo set by Pete Townshend.

Presenting of some of the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.

Second of nine volumes presenting of some of the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. Footage was culled from the RockHalls archives and represent 24 years of events.

Presenting of some of the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.

SOULSVILLE is an exuberant celebration of the soul, R&B, gospel, pop, rock, and funk music explosion that came barreling out of Memphis, TN, in the late '50s, '60s, and '70s. Standing in contrast to Motown's smooth cosmopolitan approach to melody, Stax Records epitomized the gritty, raw, stripped down sound experienced "the minute you crossed the Mason Dixon line." Stax's incredible roster of recording artists helped create and define "soul music." Such greats as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. and the MG's, The Staple Singers, Carla and Rufus Thomas, and Black Moses himself, Isaac Hayes, were all launched at the studio on College and McLemore in Memphis. Originally produced as a documentary film for the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, SOULSVILLE contains rarely seen performance footage and interviews, and explores the roots of American soul music while relating the volatile history of Stax records. This film will have you out of your seat grooving to every soul record you ever loved.

A day in the life of proprietor Dave Greenstein's Fantastic Food Factory, a greasy spoon diner in Boston's Brighton neighborhood. Cinema verite documentary in the style of Wiseman and the Maysles Brothers.

From Kesey's early "Acid Tests," to the San Francisco's Fillmore and Avalon ballrooms, Monterey, LA's Sunset Strip, and London's UFO club, culminating with the Woodstock Festival, the birth and evolution of psychedelic music is explored in this documentary film. The film incorporates interviews with the musicians and promoters who shaped the scene with rare and classic peformance clips. Produced for exhibit at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, this film was part of the RockHall's "I Want To Take You Higher" exhibit which ran for two years beginning in 1997.

Presenting the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage scenes from the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies.

The making of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Jorma Kaukonen's country blues debut album for Columbia Records is documented in this documentary film. Shot on location in January 2002 at MasterLink Studios in Nashville, the sessions feature performances by some of Nashvilles best acoustic music players, including Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and special guest Bela Fleck.

A presentation of some of the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. Footage was culled from the RockHalls archives and represent 24 years of events.

Thirteen classic perfomances by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Jefferson Airplane, augmented by orginal interviews with the band members and photographs by famed photographer Jim Marshall.

Third of nine volumes presenting of some of the best moments of speeches, performances and backstage moments of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies. Footage was culled from the RockHalls archives and represent 24 years of events.

A compilation of classic and rare performances by the Rolling Stones from their earliest days to the present. Produced for exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

Documentary short about the legendary Hollywood session musician Gene "Cip" Cipriano.

John Lee Hooker: Come And See About Me-The Definitive DVD presents a retrospective of film and video performance clips of the blues master from a span of over three decades beginning with 1960 Newfort Jazz Festival and culminating with an intimate solo performance recorded in the bluesman's home in the '90s. Included in the clips are performances of John Lee Hooker solo, with his band, and with a variety of guest artists including Van Morrison, Carlos Santana, Ry Cooder, John Hammond, Paul Butterfield, The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. Many of these performances have never been seen before. John Lee Hooker: Come And See About Me-The Definitive DVD also includes interviews with John, many of the artists he influenced and played with, and his daughter Zakiya Hooker.