Despite being celebrated as World Rock Day, the date to be celebrated on this Wednesday, the 13th, was made here in Brazil. Therefore, their celebration is also confined to our borders – which is no reason to enjoy and remember the good songs of the genre.
It was on Brazilian soil, for example, that clean water festival, Popular as Brazilian Woodstockwho took thousands of hippies to a farm in the interior of So Paulo, where they liked to watch concerts Raul SixasHermato Pascal and, unbelievable as it may seem, Joao Gilberto, The incident is the subject of a documentary available on streaming.
Far from here and there, but with resonance all over the world, artists such as Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Bikini Kill and the Beatles, regarded as some of the protagonists of the evolution of rock and its aspects, are also targets of various films. . ,
Check out five documentaries available on streaming below that tell the stories of these stars and the ways that changed music history forever.
Icona Cockroach
The film brings to the screen the legendary Festival de Aguas Claras known as the Brazilian Woodstock. The event brought together thousands of hippies and artists in four editions between the 1970s and 1980s. Gilberto GiloHermato Pascal, Joao Gilberto, Raul Sixas and George moutner In a small town in Sao Paulo.
Brazil, 2019. Directions: Thiago Peas. 16 years. on netflix
The Beatles: Get Back
The director of “Lord of the Rings” recorded more than 150 hours of audio and 50 hours of video, recorded by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969, in this documentary series, behind the scenes of rehearsals that culminated in the Beatles’ farewell show. Happened, engrossed to show. On top of a building in London – but not only. The production also covered the personal dynamics of the quartet, including the departure and return of George Harrison, John Lennon’s relationship with Yoko Ono, and songwriting sessions.
IUK, New Zealand, USA, 2021. Director: Peter Jackson. 14 years. Disney+. Feather
Cobain: Montage of the Heck
In this documentary, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgan accesses never-before-seen archives of art, music and video from the life of Kurt Cobain, as well as interviews with close friends and family, to trace the musician’s life from childhood. Use to profile until success. the fall of nirvana ,
USA, 2015. Direction: Brett Morgan. 14 years. For rent and purchases on Google Play and Apple TV
Rolling Thunder Review: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Work by Martins Scorsese Rolling Thunder mixes documentary, musical film and fantasy to narrate Revue Tour BOB dialing in the fall of 1975. What’s more, the film opens wide to the United States of America at the time – with interviews with people like Sam Shepard and performances like Sharon Stone, who plays a fictionalized version of herself.
USA, 2019. Directed by: Martin Scorsese. 16 years. on netflix
punk singer
Sinnie Anderson translates the life and work of singer Kathleen Hahn, a pioneer of the Riot Grrl music movement and producer and vocalist of the group Bikini Kill, which began in the 1990s by incorporating feminist debate into the punk scene. The film features testimonials from Joan Jett and Kim Gordon and also shows the impact on the scene and the personal life of the artist, who has been diagnosed with disease of lime,
USA, 2013. Direction: Sini Anderson. 16 years. on libreflix
