Common Movies

The story of music and the music industry told through interviews with musicians, composers and producers across genres.

A look at the phenomenal excitement the first film generated.

Inspired by the remarkable life journey of software engineer Charles Anderson, the film illuminates the challenges of his life before, during, and...

Bilal: Live at Glasshaus is a tribute to Bilal’s extraordinary vocal and musical range, as well as his status as one of the most unsung...

In his short lifetime, J Dilla was a musician, producer and visionary who profoundly influenced rap and hip-hop. Given how prolific he was in his 32...

The excitement and poetry of the Brave New Voices 2010 National Slam team championships is captured in this special.

More fight choreography footage and in fact seems to be documenting more than one fight scene, unless one simply takes the entire film as one long...

The Notorious B.I.G exploded onto the hip-hop scene in 1994 with the hip-hop anthem "juicy" after blazing remixes for Craig Mack and Mary J. Blige....

The story of Sonny Bell, an aging Chicago Blues musician, who refuses to retire and defiantly hits the road with his band for one last long-shot to...

Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys kicks off a new generation of MTV’s Unplugged series. Performing songs from her first two albums joined by...

A meditation on the creation of legendary hip hop act, De La Soul's, chart topping album, '...and the anonymous nobody.'

Upcoming documentary by Big Daddy Kane.

FEEL RICH: HEALTH IS THE NEW WEALTH documents the nascent self-love revolution emerging in urban communities. Narrated by Quincy Jones III, the film...

A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West...

Inspired by some of the greatest musical recordings and performances 'behind bars', Young imagines a time and place where jails and prisons are no...

Award winning documentary by Joslyn Rose Lyons exploring the relationship between spiritual connection and the creative process in hip-hop music.

A documentary film that follows two young men on a 3-year odyssey, through small triumphs and big set-backs, as they train to become professional...