Music Documentaries

'A Band Called Death' opens in theaters June 28 through Drafthouse Films.

'Twenty Feet from Stardom' opens June 14 through RADiUS-TWC.

From S.R. Bindler's Hands on a Hardbody. Courtesy of S.R. Bindler by Ayn Carrillo-Gailey and S.W. Gailey In 1992, S.R. Bindler was in Longview, Texas

'Crossfire Hurricane' airs November 15 on HBO.

Since Bob Marley's untimely death at the age of 36 from cancer in 1981, there have been numerous film projects announced. They have included

In the deluge of recent documentaries made by streaming platforms, it appears that production timelines have sped up in an attempt to fuel the

While the Venice film festival is widely treated as an awards platform for starry auteur-driven dramas, its little-known secret is a modest but strong nonfiction selection. Even without counting the Wang Bing film in competition, which screened too late for many critics (including this one) to cover, this year’s crop was remarkable for the breadth and variety of the nonfiction approaches.

World-renowned Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work was deeply entwined with cinema. He was a prolific composer of movie scores, an occasional

Telling the story of an artist is a daunting endeavor, one that, in the right hands, transcends chronology and testimonials from contemporaries and

Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Mark Moormann’s documentary