Professeur d'économie dans une université du Connecticut, Walter Vale, la soixantaine, a perdu son goût pour l'enseignement et mène désormais une vie routinière. Il tente de combler le vide de son existence en apprenant le piano, mais sans grand succès...Lorsque l'Université l'envoie à Manhattan pour assister à une conférence, Walter constate qu'un jeune couple s'est installé dans l'appartement qu'il possède là-bas : victimes d'une escroquerie immobilière, Tarek, d'origine syrienne, et sa petite amie sénégalaise Zainab n'ont nulle part ailleurs où aller. D'abord un rien réticent, Walter accepte de laisser les deux jeunes gens habiter avec lui.
On suit Vince, une ancienne popstar désespérée qui rêve de revenir. Une jam session impromptue avec le jeune batteur autiste Stevie déclenche une amitié inattendue entre les deux musiciens incompris.
Après avoir été kidnappé et s'être échappé, le jeune batteur Aaron cherche son chameau et le trouve dans la crèche de l'enfant Jésus. Aaron offre à l'enfant Jésus le seul cadeau qu'il possède, une chanson sur son tambour.
En Inde britannique, le gouverneur de Peshawar envoie son représentant, le capitaine Carruthers, négocier un traité avec Mohammed Khan, maharajah de Tokot. Peu après la signature de l'accord de paix, le prince Ghul fait assassiner le monarque, son frère, et prend le pouvoir. Le prince Azim, fils du Khan et héritier du trône, doit s'enfuir car sa vie est également menacée. Carruthers est à nouveau dépêché auprès de Ghul, afin de connaître ses intentions vis-à-vis des Anglais...
Le capitaine Hunt essaye à tout prix d'établir une paix durable avec les Indiens et leur chef Acoma, mais le ministère de la guerre en décide autrement, et lui ordonne de mener une guerre ouverte...
Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
Multi-platinum recording artists release their first-ever live DVD. Recorded in April 2005, the shows were filmed in the band's hometown of Atlanta during two special sold-out performances featuring the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. The 20-song collection spans ninety minutes and encompasses hits from Collective Soul's seven studio albums, including their latest release, "Youth".
Mamady Keita, l'un des grands maîtres de la percussion africaine (un djembefola), rentre au pays, à Balandougou, dans la région de Malinké (Guinée). Émotion des retrouvailles, rencontres mêlées de rires et de larmes, de musique et de danse avec des artistes mais aussi des villageois qui l'ont aidé à devenir cet artiste à la stature internationale.
A new student ,Eiji is forced into playing the drums for the school band by his classmate, Nanao. From the first moment he holds a drumstick in his hands, the rhythm inside Eiji is awakened and he soon becomes captive to its sonic boom. The obsessive and demanding Nanao is soon swayed by Eiji's bright character and natural kindness. Under Nanao's leadership, the band starts making waves in local competitions. Despite their success, can they survive the pressures of school, relationships, and their dreams? In Beat Kids, Director Toshi Shioya weaves a passionate rock and roll coming of age story about a teenager who uses music to turn growing pains into something extraordinary.
A Dutch documentary about the history of the anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archival footage of the band, and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher.
This film speaks to the uniquely inherent traits that drummers and percussionists possess as natural explorers of music and sound, and how this particular story explores the challenge of translating foreign voices of percussive expression into the dialect of a Western classical orchestra setting. Five accomplished percussionists, Drum, and a rock star composer, Stewart Copeland, come together with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a groundbreaking work.
A short documentary that celebrates Dene cultural reclamation and revitalization, in which a father passes on traditional knowledge to his child through the teachings of a caribou drum.
During the Cultural Revolution in China in the late 20th century, ethnic Manchu people were persecuted and forced to give up such cultural traditions as the shaman dance (tiao tchin, meaning "spirit-jumping" or "god's dance"). However, on Changbai Mountain in Northeast China, a farmer named Guan Yunde decided to start designing and building traditional Manchu shaman drums. At age 70, he is one of a minority of ethnic Manchu people in China's Jilin province, and one of the few people keeping the Manchu shamanic tradition alive.
In 2010, the Mariemont Boys Cross Country team tries to repeat the historic season they had in 2009 after they lose their top two runners.