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NEW AND EXCLUSIVE TO BACKBEAT THIS MONTH!

SLIM & I

This fantastic doc tells the incredible story of Slim Dusty and Joy McKean, the King and Queen of Australian Country Music.

RUDE BOY

The classic fictional doc featuring The Clash at the height of their powers mixed with slice of life late 70's Britain. Unmissable for Clash fans. Streaming with bonus CLASH IN MUNICH live performance from 1977.

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ROCK

FROM BUSH AND THE BEATLES TO DYLAN, BEEFHEART AND ZAPPA, AN ECLECTIC MIX OF ROCK FEATURE MUSIC DOCS.

PUNK INDIE

FROM JOE STRUMMER TO THE GO-BETWEENS VIA NEW MODEL ARMY AND L7, BAD BRAINS AND DR FEELGOOD ALL ALTERNATIVE ROCK LIFE IS HERE.

POP SOUL JAZZ

FROM THE GENIUS OF GIL SCOTT HERON TO THE SOULFUL AL GREEN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF POP IN BETWEEN

HiP-HOP REGGAE ROOTS

TUPAC SHAKUR MEETS LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY WITH ADDED BLUEGRASS JAMS

DRAMA

CULT CLASSICS AND HARD TO FIND MUSIC RELATED DRAMATIC FEATURES

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  • NEW FILM: Rude Boy

    2 videos

    Rude Boy the movie follows punk Ray as he quits his job to become a roadie for The Clash.

    Capturing The Clash in their prime in 1978 playing a number of blistering performances, and recording Give Em Enough Rope, Rude Boy is an unparalleled film document of one of the greatest ever British bands...

  • NEW FILM: Slim Dusty - Slim & I

    16 videos

    SLIM & I is a feature documentary that tells the incredible story of that partnership and of the woman who lived beside, rather than behind, the legend. Australia’s own "Queen of Country Music", Joy McKean.

    For over 50 years, country music legend Slim Dusty and his wife, Joy McKean trail-blaz...

  • Bill Wyman - The Quiet One

    3 videos

    NEW FILM NOT AVAILABLE IN SUBSCRIPTION

    THE QUIET ONE offers a unique behind-the-scenes look at the highs and lows of the life and career of Bill Wyman, founding member of the Rolling Stones and renaissance man of rock and roll.
    Throughout his career Bill kept a detailed diary of every single day...

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