Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway...

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make...

Throughout three decades, Bill Laswell has been a constant innovator, fusing seemingly disparate genres into a whole new sound. Touching upon...

Modern Americans think that the movies learned to talk in 1927 when Al Jolson opened his mouth in THE JAZZ SINGER, but sound pictures had a much...

Kansas City PBS is proud to present a documentary that looks back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parker spent in Kansas City and his lasting...

Jazz vocalist Dave Lambert auditions a new group of singers at RCA Studios in 1964.

ZAZ, in August 2014, completed a major tour spanning 5 continents, performing sold out each time. “On the Road” takes us behind the...

Short documentary made for a segment of National Education Television's Black Journal television program. The segment focuses on the life of Alice...

The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a piercing look at racial issues and feminist...

A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as...

Early morning silence is broken by screeching tires as a helicopter bears down on a speeding vehicle. Taking a quick corner, the team tumbles out...

Burt Gummer and Travis Welker find themselves in a fight for survival after investigating deadly giant worm attacks in the Canadian arctic.

In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and...

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and...

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America,...

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker...

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the...

In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged English writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano.