Tag: documentary

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“The Battered Bastards of Baseball”: When Underdogs Ruled

We’re all craving baseball right now. In the meantime, the Netflix doc “Battered Bastards of Baseball,” recalls some of the reasons we love the game.

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Becoming Michael Jackson

Spike Lee’s second biopic on Michael Jackson captures the King of Pop as he struggles to rise above the child star label, move past the family dynamic, and develop his own vision.

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ZZ Top: Their Netflix Doc Is Not Another Texas Tall Tale

For fifty years (and counting) ZZ Top has been delivering their brand of Texas blues-funk. A new Netflix documentary captures their wild ride.

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Asleep At The Wheel: Still Swingin’ at 50

Asleep At the Wheel has been delivering their brand of Western swing for 50 years now. 2020 will celebrate them with a new documentary, tour, and album.

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A Must-See Documentary for Music Freaks

It takes a unique point-of-view to make guitars by hand these days — and to maintain a shop in NYC’s now-high-rent Greenwich Village. Combining art, craft, persistence — and more than a touch of stubbornness — Rick Kelly of Carmine Street Guitars gets a well-earned moment in the spotlight in a thoughtful new documentary.