Movies like The Hip Hop Project

20 movies like The Hip Hop Project, ordered by similarity : Two Trains Runnin'(2016), Searching for Sugar Man(2011), Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.(2018), It Might Get Loud(2008), Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars(2017), A Tuba to Cuba(2018), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist(2008), Imagine: John Lennon(1988), The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story(2009), A Great Day in Harlem(1994), Mali Blues(2016), Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten(2007) ...

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The Hip Hop Project

The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for ... See full summary »

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Two Trains Runnin'

In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.

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Searching for Sugar Man

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

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Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Stephen Loveridge creates an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician known as M.I.A.

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It Might Get Loud

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.

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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison.

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A Tuba to Cuba

A TUBA TO CUBA follows New Orleans' famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they retrace their musical roots from the storied city of jazz to the shores of Cuba and in turn discover a connection that runs much deeper than could have been imagined.

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.

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Imagine: John Lennon

A biography of the rock music star.

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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the ... See full summary »

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A Great Day in Harlem

The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.

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Mali Blues

Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté ... See full summary »

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.

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Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul

Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant ... See full summary »

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Makala

Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.

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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.

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I Am Heath Ledger

Friends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.

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Soundtrack for a Revolution

Tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music - the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, and in jail cells as they fought for ... See full summary »

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U2 Rattle and Hum

Filmmaker Phil Joanou shows the Irish rock band on tour, in Harlem, at Elvis Presley's mansion and in concert, mostly in black and white.

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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

A documentary about the inventor of the first electronic synthesiser instrument and his subsequent life after he was abducted by the KGB as well as a history of his instrument.

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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.

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