With Hudson West Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School (2009)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary, Family, History
For a seventy-year period, when America cared little about the education of African-Americans, and discrimination was law and custom, The Bordentown School was an educational utopia. An ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Davidson | Star: Ruby Dee
Votes: 16
2. Devouring Venus (2017)
Drama
The day after their 15th anniversary, a couple, Michael and Janet are preparing for a meal with guests: long time friends, Muriel and Brian. For years the 4 have come together weekly for a ... See full summary »
Director: Marty Hardin | Stars: Kristin Muri, Haley Beauregard, Daniel Scot Kadin, Eric Eastman
3. Cissy Houston: Sweet Inspiration (1988)
Documentary
Director: Dave Davidson | Stars: David Bowie, Tom Dowd, Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston
4. Into the Light: The Furious Birth of the American Film Industry (1995)
Documentary, Short
Director: Dave Davidson
5. Subtle Exchange of Information Across Time (2013)
10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Covers how silent film era essential classic Rhythmus 21 (1921), directed by Hans Richter, is rescored by contemporary composers Bruce Odland, Annea Lockwood and Lin Esser for an event screening.
Director: Dave Davidson | Stars: David Budries, Lin Esser, Annea Lockwood, Bruce Odland
6. Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
TV-G | 180 min | Documentary, Music
In "Show Tunes", Feinstein explores songs from Broadway. In "Let's Dance", he examines the connection between music and choreography and in "On the Air" he examines the impact radio had on popular culture in the 20th century.
Stars: Michael Feinstein, Terrence Flannery, Christine Ebersole, Rose Marie
Votes: 20
7. A Gesture and a Word (2015)
105 min | Documentary, Music | Completed
At age 50, musician and poet, Rob Morsberger was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer - and it came at the high point in his career. After 25 years in the music business, critics were ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Davidson | Stars: Marshall Crenshaw, Suzzy Roche, Brad Roberts, Lucy Wainwright Roche
8. The Dancing Man (1992)
58 min | Documentary
When adolescent Clayton Bates lost his leg in a cotton gin accident, he thought his dreams of dancing were over. His life story shows amazing spirit and athleticism, and an incredible ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Davidson | Stars: Peg Leg Bates, James 'Buster' Brown, Ralph Brown, Ruth Brown
9. Hans Richter: Everything Turns, Everything Revolves (2013)
57 min | Documentary
Dadaist, radical provocateur, surrealist painter, pioneering filmmaker and visionary educator - Hans Richter was a major force in redefining art in the 20th Century, yet he remains largely ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Davidson | Stars: Timothy R. Benson, Aram Boyajian, Sheila Conrad, Alex Haspas
Votes: 10
10.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
A New Step Every Day
(2010)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
How movies, radio, and the recording industry changed popular music in the 1920s and '30s. Guest appearances by Vince Giordano, and Joe Franklin. Archival performances by Paul Whiteman, Cab Calloway, Ethel Waters, and Duke Ellington.
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Michael Feinstein, Terrence Flannery, Joe Franklin, Vince Giordano
11.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Best Band in the Land
(2010)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Explores the role popular music played during World War II. Includes appearances by Margaret Whiting and Marvin Hamlisch, and archival performances by Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Irving Berlin, Bing Crosby.
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Michael Feinstein, Roy Bishop, Bing Crosby, Alice Faye
12.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Putting on the Tail Fins
(2010)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
3-part PBS mini-series follows performer/historian/collector Michael Feinstein on a road trip across the country and through time, exploring the Great American Songbook. Combines live performance, personal biography, and cultural history.
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Michael Feinstein, Terrence Flannery, Rosemary Clooney, Cheyenne Jackson
13.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Time Machines
(2012)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Explores how technology has preserved-and altered-the way we think about the great songs and singers of the past. Guest appearance by Hugh Hefner. Archival performances by Bobby Short, Al Bowlly, Fats Waller.
Director: Amber Edwards
14.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Saloon Singers
(2012)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Musical nightlife, from juke joints to Vegas. Appearances by Rose Marie and Maya Angelou; archival performances by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Liberace.
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Maya Angelou, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Feinstein, Liberace
15.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Show Tunes
(2013)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Christine Ebersole, Angela Lansbury, Stephen Sondheim
16.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Let's Dance
(2013)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Patricia Ward Kelly, Liza Minnelli
17.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
On the Air
(2013)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Michael Feinstein, Joshua Bell, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby
18.
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (2010– )
Episode:
Lost and Found
(2012)
TV-G | Documentary, Music
Feinstein tries to capture "the songs that got away", whether lost for years, or hiding in a songwriter's "trunk."
Director: Amber Edwards | Stars: Irving Berlin, Christine Ebersole, Michael Feinstein, Terrence Flannery