http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:22:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/capoeira-the-art-and-soul-of-brazil/ http://documentaryheaven.com/capoeira-the-art-and-soul-of-brazil/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:20:28 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=3970 This is a short documentary film produced by Travis Manning at Full Sail University about the amazing martial art capoeira featuring the Capoeira Guerreiros Orlando Academy.... 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THE STORY OF ANVIL is the sensitive and irresistibly funny story of unsung heroes of Canadian heavy metal Anvil. Jewish teenagers Robb Reiner and Steve "Lips" Kudlow met in the mid-seventies in a Toronto high school and soon decided that rock was their destiny. Anvil was forged. The band gained a cult following among heavy metal enthusiasts during the eighties, but never really made it in the often cruel and clueless mainstream rock circuit. Not withstanding a plethora of eager fans including Metallica and Guns ‘N' Roses, who have frequently cited Anvil as a source of inspiration, the Toronto based outfit got irremediably swallowed by oblivion. But rocking out isn't just a matter of attitude or luck; it is instead a vocation which Anvil never turned its back on, while patiently waiting for its call to greatness. Director Sacha Gervasi (THE TERMMINAL) witnessed Anvil's fall from grace directly, having worked as a roadie for the band in its heyday. Moving and... 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Ordering and information at Petenera's Official Homepage... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/preview-petenera-%e2%80%93-a-flamenco-drama-in-music-and-dance/feed/ 0 http://documentaryheaven.com/preview-my-father-his-flamenco-and-i/ http://documentaryheaven.com/preview-my-father-his-flamenco-and-i/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:29:39 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=2859 (Preview Only)An 11-year long and 7,000-mile family separation, a search for an heroic father image and a lesson in unconditional love and understanding – "My Father, his Flamenco and I" takes you on a cultural round-trip from Northern California to Paris, France via the Spanish province of Andalusia and sums up in traditional flamenco music and dance the foundations of an artistic life-style. For more information contact michael@musicfilmfactor.com. Documentary feature, 74', France-USA-Spain 2005... 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Interviews with friends, colleagues, writers, journalists and others combine with news footage, backstage clips and vintage photographs to create an indelible portrait of the rap icon.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/eminem-diamonds-and-pearls/feed/ 1