did a search ... couldn't find any general threads on docs ..... shangri-la (showtime) .... a doc series on record producer rick rubin, and his 'shangri-la' studio ..... (the same studio in 'the last waltz' btw) just finished eps.1 enjoying it so far!
Hard to tell if Summer Of Soul could be considered a "documentary", or a "concert film". And...why not both...
PBS series: ICON: Music Through The Lens: On Camera -- a 6-part series on Rock Music photography. The first ep was last Friday; next ep is tomorrow (July 23) at 9pm.
GIMME SHELTER- The Maysles brothers brilliant documentary of the chaos and death surrounding The Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway in 1969.
"Candice'' - documentary about Candida Royale. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9352158/ It was very good.
I've been watching these. He also did a 3 part doc on the Let It Bleed era. He did a really good job. Lots of pix and film that I had never seen. Well researched. And I'm not a big Stones fan.
Come Together. The Rise of the Festivals. from Sky Arts UK. Covering Music festivals from the 1960's to more modern day ones with lots of good artist and organiser talk, but lacking a bit in rare/unseen footage. a lot of good stills though.
Last Chance U. The season about the Junior College in Skooba, Miss. Can't help but pull for these kids. 2 epis in.
On YouTube, the Making Of Smokey And The Bandit. I forgot how great Jerry Reed and Paul Williams were! And this reminded me.
A bunch of War documentaries covering all sort of depressing aspects most of us will fortunately never fully understand.History is completely warped.
Netflix's documentary on Richard Ramirez, AKA The Night Stalker. I was attending college at UC Northridge at the time so the documentary piqued my interest. Not a brilliant piece of work but it brought back some gruesome memories.
