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Music Documentaries at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 – 8-12 June, 2011

By on May 25, 2011
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Trailer 2011 from Sheffield Doc/Fest on Vimeo.

This year’s programme is packed with docs about musicians and subjects ranging from Hole drummer Patty Schemel, to A , to Genesis P-Orridge, to a record shop in Upon Tyne, to gypsies and Slovakians, to 2 men who shout a lot at each other (not so much music as a cult phenomenon), to Queen, to Justin Bieber, to , to Michael Nyman, to Siddheswari Devi to more

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In the Land of the Free – Human Rights Watch Film Festival

By on March 25, 2010
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A profoundly moving documentary about a miscarriage of justice so grave that it is hard to imagine it could have happened in modern times, let alone accept that is continues to this day

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V/A – Les Chats Persans (OST)

By on March 22, 2010
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En anglais this translates as No One Knows About Persian Cats and the film by Bahman Ghobadi won a special jury prize at Cannes last year and this is the equally good with the film on release later this week.

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V/A – Awaydays (The Soundtrack That Inspired A Film)

By on May 20, 2009
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was only last week moaning about the lack of releases these days and whilst there’s a element to this, based on the book Run With The Pack by Kevin Sampson, you wouldn’t have thought the post- soundtrack would be his thing?

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V/A -Tropa De Elite (The Soundtrack)

By on December 2, 2008
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Quite who would want to recreate the fear, torture and sexual violence of Tropa de Elite is a mystery but if you’re strong enough to banish its harrowing images from your mind then the provides a good snapshot of Brazilian music

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Brazilian autumn round-up ’08

By on August 18, 2008
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England and have always had something of a special relationship, and judging by the range of Brazilian cultural events coming to the capital in next few months it is as healthy as ever. To ensure it persists and you don’t miss out, Fly has been sifting through some of highlights.

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Roots Manuva – Again & Again

By on July 31, 2008
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The new single from the forthcoming Slime & Reason is a monster tune that’ll you’re just want to be hearing again and again as Roots does it again (and again).

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Future Loop Foundation – Sunshine Philosophy EP

By on April 13, 2008
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In an ideal world, everyone should have a Grandad who calls tomatoes “tommyartoes”, birds sing on the allotment and church bells ring in the background, welcome to the Sunshine Philosophy

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Tsotsi – South African Film Magic

By on January 29, 2006
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Tsotsi, a new film from , may just be the best film to have come out of the country.

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Rex Riddem – Salvador Diaspora

By on November 19, 2005
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Fans of the Fort Knox label are going to be a little surprised by their latest release, a jazzy with some serious remix action

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V/A – Broken Flowers (Soundtrack)

By on September 9, 2005
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The to the new Jim Jarmusch film is a heady cocktail of , opera (but no opera thankfully) and ethio- courtesy of

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