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A collection of 32 live concerts filmed in optimal conditions, often in 4K, in extraordinary places. Among the artists : Angus and Julia Stone, Lucas Debargue, Christian Scott, Monty Alexander, Avishai Cohen Quartet, Linda Lee Hopkins, Jacky Terrasson... Kintsugi and many more. 

Enjoy extraordinary concerts, as if you were there. The greatest artists of the moment, whether pop, classical, jazz or afro-beat, are on MUSIC LIVE COLLECTION.

This film offers you the opportunity to learn about the composer's life through his letters, his handwritten notes and the testimonies of great musicians and artists of our time. 

Through writing and music, this film offers an intimate approach to Beethoven's life and work: discover the struggles of a man who never gave up.
Beethoven's correspondence and diaries make for a unique material. It sheds a light on the composer to reveal a side of him that has never been seen before. His temperament, his struggles, what he admired, what he hated, how he lived his life... Most of these precious writings are rarely talked about.

Calypso Rose is an ambassador of Caribbean music, a living legend, a charismatic character, the uncontested diva of Calypso Music, often compared to great black singers such as Aretha Franklyn, Myriam Makeba and Cesaria Evora.

From Paris, New York, Trinidad ,Tobago to Africa at Ouida Africa - in each place, we learn a little more about the many faces and facets of her existence.

This road movie is not only about memory, the exchange and discovery of world cultures but also the journey of a militant and authentic woman, an Afro-Caribbean soul, an exemplary artist, far from the glitz and glitter.

Moving along the thread that links her universe with the world, we experience the dreams and disappointments of this amazing female artist. But more specifically, it is by carrying us with her on this intimate journey that Calypso Rose transmits to us the pulse of her life.

2012 : Prize "Attention of the jury" at the 10th International Festival of Film of Ouidah (Benin)
2013 : Winner of the FESPACO Documentary Film Award (Burkina Faso)

With over 1000 songs written and more than 100 million records sold, Dolly Parton is the most acclaimed and idolized country singer-songwriter of all time. Considered a legend by pop stars such as Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus to name just a few, she is also a TikTok star and a feminist icon who has succeeded in reconciling a deeply fractured and divided America.

How did Dolly Parton, with her disconcerting looks, who was long seen as the caricature of a country music that was itself often despised and considered a reactionary symbol of bad taste, become, beyond genres, generations and political parties, the last unifying figure of American culture, in a country that has never been so un-united?

Looking back through archives on the extraordinary journey of a rock giant. A singer adored by multiple generations of fans who never ceased to question both his icon status and America.

Springing from a humble childhood in New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen turns into a global rock icon. Despite his fame, he remains a man shrouded in mystery and at times a victim of his own success. Torn between a desire for celebrity and a need for intimacy, he grapples with contradictions and frequently challenges his icon status. Fidelity best defines Springsteen, as his loyalty to his band, the E Street Band, and his devout fans is unwavering. Through his evocative writing, Springsteen transcends the boundaries of rock to become an emblematic figure of American culture, influenced by artists such as John Steinbeck, Terrence Malick, and Robert De Niro. Our film delves into Springsteen's body of work, revealing a man whose music embodies the soul of a nation.

At the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, Céline Dion surprisingly represented Switzerland, but this has nothing to do with chance. From Quebec to international star, this portrait traces the singer's career to rediscover a character and an image that is all too familiar, yet more complex than it may seem.

How did Céline Dion, a worldwide star who went on to become the world's most famous Quebecker, find herself representing Switzerland at the most memorable edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in the late 80s?
 
Yet this has nothing to do with chance. In fact, in more ways than one, it reveals the singer's career, and the couple she formed for over 40 years with René Angélil, both her manager and her one true love. It's both romantic and carefully thought through, over-the- top and yet confoundingly sincere.
 
This adventure, which was an opportunity to conquer new markets as it was a gamble on the part of the producer. It was to reveal to 500 million viewers the transformation of an artist, illustrating how she went from a little girl with a cheesy look and crooked teeth to a young woman ready to seize the moment. Less than 10 years after this victory, Céline Dion was chosen to sing "My Heart Will Go On", the song from Titanic which, like the film, became a worldwide hit. A stunning career!
 
Through this contest and its breathtaking Grand Final, the portrait of a female competitor emerged. And so it was Switzerland that first gave Céline Dion her champion title and attributes.

In this intimist portrait of the artist, family and friends reveal her strengths and weaknesses. Musical excerpts abundantly illustrate her rich repertoire.

Singer, piano virtuoso and black rights activist, Nina Simone has led an exciting life, vivid with contrast, from the darkness of oblivion to the glittering lights of the stage and stardom.
In this intimist portrait of the artist, family and friends reveal her strengths and weaknesses, her reticent, fragile, and excessive nature. But it is through her music that Nina best expresses herself; musical excerpts abundantly illustrate her rich repertoire, and ensure the pleasure of rediscovering the genious of her art.

Walk down memory lane with pop icon Damon Albarn, whose career spanned 30 years of British history as the singer of mythic groups Gorillaz and Blur.

He has gone from being Blur’s charismatic frontman to the brains behind Gorillaz, the producer of African artists, and the composer of post-modern opera. With sales of around 35 million records, and 24 albums with six different line-ups, the global success of this man ahead of his time is undeniable. In the UK, he is perhaps more than just a star; he’s a public persona. And his vertiginous career tells an intimate and intense story of his relationship with his home country over the past 25 years. From popstar to anonymous cartoon character, he shifts effortlessly between musical genres, but his style always seems to stay true to his British roots.

"Mr. Brown" is the portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest artists, Black American singer, James Brown, who made it to the summit of his art despite having being born black and poor in 1930s America.

Through musical archive footage and various encounters, "Mr Brown" recalls the whole of James Brown's life from 1933 to 2006, concentrating in particular on his years of combat and glory between 1955 and 1971.

"Mr. Brown" also recounts the world in which the artist evolved, referring to his visit to American troops in 1968 when they were at war in Vietnam. More general, sociological archive footage tells the story of the Black American community in a very turbulent period, from the beginning of the 1950s to the end of the 1960s.
 

On September 6, 2007, the man who was probably the greatest and was incontestably the most popular of opera singers in history passed away. This is the story of Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

Although he is unanimously credited with having democratized opera, making it accessible to the greatest number, focus is rarely put on the strategy he devised and implemented in order to carry out his actions, nor what his actions reveal of the man and artist, and of the resulting metamorphosis from opera singer to pop artist.
Through this angle, this film sets out to pay tribute to the man who summed up his credo, obsession and life’s work, in the following way: “They led the public to believe that classical music belonged to a restricted elite. I was the way to prove to the world that was wrong." 

The reopening of the cold case of Jim Morrison’s death... Was it a heart attack? A CIA plot? An overdose? With exclusive interviews, we discover the truth about the artist’s mysterious death.

Fifty years ago, in Paris, during the night of July 2 to 3, 1971, the body of rock star Jim Morrison was found lifeless in the bathtub of an apartment by his American girlfriend Pamela Courson. The circumstances of his death were mysterious, but it was not made public until a few days later. Heart attack? CIA plot? Overdose? The police having, strangely, not ordered any autopsy, the questions do not end up feeding the myth. Only one thing is certain, that night, Jim Morrison joined 27 Club , these libertarian idols, such as Janis Joplin, Brian Jones or Jimi Hendrix, destroyed by their excesses at the age of twenty-seven years old.

1988. In just a few months, South African musician Johnny Clegg, an almost unknown artist, sold millions of albums. With his hit Asimbonanga, a tribute to Nelson Mandela, he instantly became a world-class celebrity and the symbol of the struggle against apartheid.

"Johnny Clegg, the white Zulu", Amine Mestari's documentary, relates his adventure.
The exceptional adventure of a committed musician, crazy for dance, who has made the world love his vision of a South African culture that allows everyone, black and white, to express themselves and make it possible to get along.
Apartheid wanted to separate black people from white people, Johnny Clegg brought them together by mixing English and Zulu, African rhythms and rock. In the early 1970s, he invented a unique style, that is unlike any other, and made it a political art.
His story and that of his music are in line with the history of South Africa and his long journey to freedom.