Hot Docs Festival Online: Music Documentaries
With public screenings postponed due to COVID-19 quarantining, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced the programming for Hot Docs Festival Online 2020, which will allow audiences to stream films from the safety of their homes.
Hot Docs always programs great music documentaries. We rounded up the music docs screening at the online festival - see our list below. Screenings begin May 28.
For more music movie suggestions, check our Big Cine Tunes programming.
Dark City Beneath the Beat
“A high-energy lyrical journey through the legendary Baltimore club scene”. [Hot Docs]
If It Were Love
Follows a young dance troupe as they tour Crowd, a piece on the ’90s rave scene by French-Austrian choreographer Gisèle Vienne. [Hot Docs]
Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story
Keyboard Fantasies, a self-released electronic album, went unnoticed for 30 years, until a reissue gained it cult status. [Hot Docs]
Shut Up Sona
Indian singer / Bollywood star Sona Mohapatra defies religious tradition, the media and harassment to retain her voice and keep performing. [Hot Docs]
Two Roads
Czech band The Tap Tap, formed at an educational centre for children and adults living with disability, prepare for a climactic concert. [Hot Docs]