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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Taqwacore: the birth of Punk Islam, chronicles the nascent Muslim punk rock movement in America. It was inspired by the work of Michael Knight, who converted to Islam in rebellion against his white-supremacist father. He went on to pen the novel The Taqwacores (a term combining the Muslim concept of God consciousness with hardcore punk), a manifesto for disillusioned Islamic teens. The film follows Knight and a variety of young subversives on tour...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Once upon a time, Spinal Tap had a big hit song. Now, nearly two decades later, Spinal Tap still clings to some glint of their lost glory as they embark on an accident-plagued tour across America. In Cleveland, the group gets lost underneath the stage. In Washington, they're accidentally booked at an Air Force formal dance. And in a Chicago record store, no one shows up to get their autographs.
3) Footloose
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ren MacCormack moves from Boston to the small town of Bomont, where he experiences a heavy dose of culture shock. A few years prior, the community was rocked by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out. Bomont's councilmen and the beloved Reverend Shaw Moore responded by invoking ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizes the town, and falls in love with...
4) Rock of ages
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Drew and Sherrie meet in L.A. while pursuing their dream of life in the big city. Will their love survive the challenges the city throws their way? This musical features songs by Journey, Twisted Sister, Starship, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, and many more.
5) Purple rain
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Prince stars as "The Kid," a Minneapolis club musician, who struggles with both a tumultous homelife and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sultry Apollonia Kotero. Semi-autobiographical.
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must learn to embrace his son's choices and try to connect with him through music."--www.imdb.com The soundtrack features the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Crosby Stills and Nash, and many...
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Chess Records is located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it begins recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gives birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriters Willie Dixon and Etta James.
9) Hunky dory
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In the heat of the summer of 1976, drama teacher Vivienne fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on the best end-of-term show the school has ever seen, with Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
America in the turbulent late-1960s, a time when battle lines were being drawn at home and abroad. When young dockworker Jude (Jim Sturgess) leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing anti-war movement in New York's Greenwich Village. As the body count in Vietnam...
11) Sid and Nancy
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.
12) Purple rain
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Description
Prince stars as "The Kid," a Minneapolis club musician, who struggles with both a tumultous homelife and his own smoldering anger while taking refuge in his music and his steamy love for sultry Apollonia Kotero. Semi-autobiographical.
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
A collection of essential 1980s movies in one convenient box for binge watching. Titles included: Ghostbusters (Rated PG), Ghostbusters 2 (Rated PG), Rain Man (Rated R), Dirty Dancing (Rated PG-13), Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG), The Princess Bride (Rated PG), Back to the Future (Rated PG), Back to the Future Part II (Rated PG), Back to the Future Part III (Rated PG), Top Gun (Rated PG), Scarface (Rated R), Heathers (Rated R),...
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