Movies: Questlove

  • 2021
    Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

    Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days (2021)

    Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

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    For more than a half-century, Sesame Street has addressed and explained diversity, equity, and inclusion around the globe by using the universal tools of music, empathy and celebrity. Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days reflects upon the efforts th...

    Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days
  • 2020
    Siempre, Luis

    Siempre, Luis (2020)

    Siempre, Luis

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    A story that embodies the tenacity and passion of the American Dream, this documentary is a portrait of the pioneering activist Luis A. Miranda Jr. Luis is a decades-long fighter for Latino communities, a key player in the New York and national polit...

    Siempre, Luis
  • 2011
    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)

    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

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    Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much public...

    Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
  • 2012
    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

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    A provocative look into the seven-year history of the series that gave hip hop a voice and broke color barriers, integrating MTV with rap. "Yo! MTV Raps" premiered on August 6, 1988 with hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Doctor Dré, and shaped the car...

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
  • 2023
    American Symphony

    American Symphony (2023)

    American Symphony

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    Musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment....

    American Symphony
  • 2025
    I Was Born This Way

    I Was Born This Way (2025)

    I Was Born This Way

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    Surviving childhood abuse during his upbringing in Baltimore, Archbishop Carl Bean forged a path to New York and Hollywood to do the one thing he knew he was put on earth to do: sing. Making his mark first as a gospel singer, Bean got the break of hi...

    I Was Born This Way
  • 2014
    Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown

    Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown (2014)

    Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown

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    James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social ac...

    Mr. Dynamite - The Rise of James Brown
  • 2013
    Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

    Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records (2013)

    Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records

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    Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed, left-of-center albums since its founding in 1996. Drawing on live concert footage, never-before-seen archiva...

    Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
  • 2015
    All Things Must Pass

    All Things Must Pass (2015)

    All Things Must Pass

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    The explosive trajectory and tragic demise of iconic music retailer Tower Records, and the legacy of its rebellious founder Russ Solomon. Two hundred stores in thirty countries on five continents. In 1999 it made $1 billion. In 2006 it filed for bank...

    All Things Must Pass
  • 2013
    Sample This

    Sample This (2013)

    Sample This

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    A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx....

    Sample This
  • 2004
    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)

    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop

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    The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Fab 5 Freddy, KRS-One, MC Hammer and Busy Bee....

    And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
  • 2020
    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show (2020)

    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

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    For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week....

    The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
  • 2022
    Descendant

    Descendant (2022)

    Descendant

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    History exists beyond what is written. The Africatown residents in Mobile, Alabama, have shared stories about their origins for generations. Their community was founded by enslaved ancestors who were transported in 1860 aboard the last known and ille...

    Descendant
  • 2023
    The League

    The League (2023)

    The League

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    The triumphs and challenges of Negro League baseball in the early 20th century. Through rare footage and interviews with iconic players like Satchel Paige and Buck O'Neil, as well as Hall of Famers Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, the film highlights the ...

    The League
  • 2024
    Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular

    Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular (2024)

    Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular

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    Jimmy and his friends present a hour long special inspired by his album, "Holiday Seasoning"....

    Jimmy Fallon's Holiday Seasoning Spectacular
  • 2020
    Herb Alpert Is...

    Herb Alpert Is... (2020)

    Herb Alpert Is...

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    From the success of Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, through the founding of A&M Records, to giving away more than $150 million to arts and education programs across the country, we’ll witness the humanity and the humility inherent in everything he d...

    Herb Alpert Is...
  • 2025
    We Want the Funk!

    We Want the Funk! (2025)

    We Want the Funk!

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    Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond....

    We Want the Funk!
  • 2001
    Brooklyn Babylon

    Brooklyn Babylon (2001)

    Brooklyn Babylon

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    A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background....

    Brooklyn Babylon
  • 2014
    Finding the Funk

    Finding the Funk (2014)

    Finding the Funk

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    Finding the Funk is a road trip in search of the past, present and future of Funk music. Starting with Funk's roots in Jazz and the James Brown bands of the '60s we travel to the Bay Area to celebrate Sly & the Family Stone, then to Dayton the bi...

    Finding the Funk
  • 2019
    Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

    Devil's Pie: D'Angelo (2019)

    Devil's Pie: D'Angelo

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    D'Angelo had it all: two platinum selling albums, a sold out world tour and a body chiselled to perfection. However, one day at the height of his career in 2000 the soul singer vanished. For 12 years he descended into darkness. Out of nowhere, in Dec...

    Devil's Pie: D'Angelo