Posts Tagged ‘documentary’

A Film About Anna Akhmatova

“A Film About Anna Akhmatova is an important happening for me, for all of us.”
- Mikhail Baryshnikov

Serj Tankian – Elect the Dead Symphony

On March 16th, 2009, Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional frontmen, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead. The dynamic one-off performance was recorded and filmed in HD by six cameras, and the dramatic result has been captured in Elect the Dead Symphony.

R.E.M. – This Is Not A Show – Live at the Olympia in Dublin

In their acclaimed 2007 “working rehearsals” in Dublin, R.E.M. set up camp at the venerable Olympia Theatre in Ireland’s capital city and tested new material over five nights before passionate, capacity crowds.

Orange Winter

Revolution. Rivalry. Poison. This is the Ukrainian Election of 2004.

Musician

Common sense says you can’t make a living in America playing avant-garde improvisational jazz. But Ken Vandermark does it anyway.