Cast: Jimmy Jam

Direction Alexander Dunn

Cast Damon Albarn · Arthur Baker · Phil Collins · Afrika Bambaataa

Synopsis 808 is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. It's the tale of the birth of electronic music, and how one small machine changed the musical landscape forever... by accident. It's the story of...

Direction Reginald Hudlin

Cast Clarence Avant · Hank Aaron · Gwen Adolph · Dina R. Andrews

Synopsis Follows the life of Clarence Avant, the ultimate, uncensored mentor and behind-the-scenes rainmaker in music, film, TV and politics.

Direction John Scheinfeld

Cast Aria Alpert Adjani · Lou Adler · Eden Alpert · Herb Alpert

Synopsis It chronicles the life and career of the legendary chart-topping trumpeter Herb Alpert.

Direction Rhodri Huw

Cast Prince · Alan Leeds · Jimmy Jam · Garry Johnson

Synopsis Part of BBC Four’s Black Music Legends of the 1980s, this documentary explores how Prince - showman, artist, enigma - revolutionized the perception of black music in the 1980s with worldwide hits such as “1999,” “Kiss,” “Raspberry Beret” and “Alphabet...

Direction Questlove

Cast André Benjamin · Chaka Khan · George Clinton · Clive Davis

Synopsis It focuses on the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, telling the story behind the rise, reign and fadeout of one of pop music's most influential artists.