Allen Toussaint

Partez à la découverte de l'une des plus belles régions d'Amérique : le bayou de Louisiane et la Nouvelle-Orléans, lieux emplis de vie et de musique, où la nature étale toute sa beauté. Ici, sur cette terre sauvage, hommes et alligators vivent en harmonie depuis des siècles. Mais depuis quelques années, l'érosion massive que subit la côte rend la région de plus en plus vulnérable aux terribles ouragans qui ravagent sa faune et sa flore. L'ouragan Katrina, un des plus dévastateurs que l'Amérique ait jamais connu, en fait partie...

Make It Funky! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.

Music legend Elvis Costello journeys to New Orleans to celebrate the songbook and spirit of the hurricane-battered city's Renaissance man, Allen Toussaint.

"Hot as a Pistol, Keen as a Blade", released December 5, 2006, captures that tour's scintillating concert in Montreal, Canada, spotlighting songs from the album as well as other Elvis Costello gems spanning four decades, from "Watching The Detectives" and "Pump It Up" to lesser-known songs, most of them given special arrangements by Allen Toussaint.

Raymond Anthony Myles was the electrifying Gospel Genius of New Orleans. Like a comet shooting across the sky, he was here one minute – brilliant, incandescent and unmistakably unique. And then, just as quickly, he was gone… But Raymond was more than a maverick musician. He was also highly representative of a vital but scorned minority within the Black church: a queer man who struggled with dogma and Scripture that said, "God's love does not apply to you."

Free concert in Gulf Shores, Alabama filmed for Country Music Television (CMT).

An extraordinary gathering of top musical stars appears in this live concert, celebrating the musical heritage of New Orleans. Aaron Neville and The Neville Brothers, Keith Richards, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, The Dirty Dozen Band, The Dixie Cups, and others appear; songs include "Fire on the Bayou," "Southern Nights," "Chapel of Love," "Trick Bag," "Tiptina," and many more.

Un lourd secret semble peser sur la famille Batiste, qui vit au coeur de la Louisiane. Roz, séduisante jeune femme, voit sa famille se désagréger peu à peu face aux infidelités répétées de son mari, qui pourtant l'aime toujours. Eve, leur plus jeune fille, est témoin de l'une des aventures de son père. Cherchant un sens à ce qu'elle a vu, elle va trouver sa soeur aînée, Cisely, qui se refuse à admettre cette trahison. Eve décide alors de découvrir la vérité. Ce qu'elle va apprendre va changer la vie de toute la famille pour toujours.

Dear Jerry: Celebrating The Music Of Jerry Garcia was recorded live at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland on Thursday, May 14, 2015. This historic one-night concert event honored the music of Jerry Garcia, one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time. The two and half hour concert film and available audio recordings feature over 20 once-in-a-lifetime performances from this momentous event by Phil Lesh & Communion, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids, Mickey Hart, Eric Church, Jimmy Cliff, The Disco Biscuits, Peter Frampton, David Grisman, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, Buddy Miller, Moe., O.A.R., Grace Potter, Allen Toussaint, Trampled By Turtles, Widespread Panic, and Yonder Mountain String Band.

Elvis Costello: Mystery Dance, the first-ever documentary portrait of one of the greatest musicians and songwriters of our time. Assured of Costello’s full collaboration, exclusive access to his extensive archive and with the full participation of his record company, the film is a definitive portrait of a major music icon.

Walkin 'Back to New Orleans raconte le retour triomphal de la légende de la musique, Fats Domino, après que l'ouragan Katrina ait dévasté sa ville natale de la Nouvelle-Orléans. Deux ans après un sauvetage déchirant de la tempête, Domino a dirigé un concert de bienfaisance en 2007 pour la ville, interprétant des tubes comme "Blueberry Hill", "Ain't That a Shame", "My Girl Josephine" et "Blue Monday"? public. Ce Spécial, raconté par l'acteur John Goodman, capte le concert et donne un aperçu biographique de la carrière de Domino. La spéciale comprend également de rares entrevues avec Domino ainsi que les chanteurs John, Allen Toussaint, Robert Plant et Randy Newman, qui discutent de la façon dont ce légendaire artiste a inspiré leur carrière.

Portrait of three great New Orleans piano players.

Performance de 2001 d'Antoine "Fats" Domino au Jazz and Heritage Festival dans sa ville natale de la Nouvelle-Orléans.

Captured in state-of-the-art High Definition and mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, The New Orleans Concert ignites a massive celebration of Big Easy music past and present - redolent in jazz, rollicking piano renditions, classic rhythm and blues, contemporary funk and rock & roll, all as steamy as a sweltering Delta summer's evening. New Orleans' legends, including Allen Toussaint, The Neville Brothers, and legendary drummer Earl Palmer, are joined by Steve Jordan, Bonnie Raitt, Keith Richards and Joss Stone to create this extraordinary musical extravaganza, reminding the world once again that New Orleans is far more than just one nation's treasure.

An intense insider's portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo: Second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank's special masterworks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.

Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip hop dominating the world's charts. It's been the soundtrack to some of the most extraordinary social, political and cultural shifts. Together with the civil rights movement, it has challenged white hegemony, helped break down segregation and encouraged the fight for racial equality. This new six-part series, made by the BBC team who produced the critically-acclaimed Lost Highway, Walk On By and Dancing In The Street series, charts the evolution of soul music - with a fascinating combination of rare archive footage and over 100 contemporary interviews. The movers and shakers from the world of soul – such as James Brown, Mary J Blige, Beyoncé and Martha Reeves, - plus some often overlooked talent, track the music that shaped our lives.

America's obesity epidemic is seen from the perspective of children in this three-film portion of HBO's multimedia project.