My List of Best & Most Enjoyable Documentaries (on DVD) about Entire Musical Genre
I enjoy music so it stands to reason I would enjoy learning
about musical genre in general.
History
of Rock n' Roll, the, (1995) TV series, IMDB 8.2, 10
1hr episodes,
Rock and Roll (1995) TV series, IMDB 8.3
Classic Albums (1997-) TV series IMDB 8.5, 44
episodes
Seven Ages of Rock (2007) IMDB 8.4, BBC
Wordwide
VHS Behind the Music (1997-2014) IMDB 7.4
Martin
Scorsese presents The Blues - A Musical Journey Blues (2003) IMDB
8.1, PBS
Country
Music (2019), IMDB 8.9, PBS
Ken Burns, 8 episodes, 16 hours
Jazz
- A Film by Ken Burns (2001) IMDB 8.6, 10
episodes
These worthwhile documentaries are mostly about Broadway and
the great era of American song writers:
Great
American Songbook, the (2003), IMDB 7.6, 175
minutes
Movies
of Color - Black Southern Cinema (2002) 55 minutes IMDB NR
Putting It Together (Broadway)
American
Cinema - 100 Years of Filmmaking (1995) IMDB 6.3, 544 minutes, a course in Cinema 101, I think
it far better than the imdb review. My
highly recommended.
Broadway
the Golden Age (2004) also titled Broadway:
The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There , IMDB 8.3
Why no quality documentaries about Gospel or Classical music?
