“This is my story — told by me. Not through someone else’s eyes. This is the truth, take it or leave it, love it or hate it. This is me,” says Janet Jackson in a new teaser...
Girls5eva isn’t the only girl group reuniting. Nasty Bitches are also taking a trip down memory lane. ABC has released an extended first look for “Queens,” an upcoming comedy about...
“The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story” is heading to the big screen. According to a press release, Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Posy Dixon’s...
From start to finish, “CODA” is a delight. Siân Heder’s second feature is heartfelt, laugh-out-loud funny, and everything I’d hoped it would be after reading about its...
Music is an avenue for letting the unspoken be sung out loud, for sharing with the world the emotions that stir within us. Great music can reach an audience anywhere, relating differently to each...
Cynthia Erivo will follow-up her portrayal of the Queen of Soul by playing a rock goddess. Hot off her depiction of Aretha Franklin in National Geographic’s “Genius: Aretha,” the...
Bernadette Wegenstein is an Austrian-born linguist, author, and documentary filmmaker living in Baltimore. She is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. Her films and books bring together her...
Rachel Winter is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and producer who is making her feature directorial debut with “The Space Between.” She received an Oscar nomination for producing...
Mary J. Blige is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her most influential work. The nine-time Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated singer and actress reflects on her 1994 album “My Life” in...
“It was supposed to be a music documentary — concert footage, interviews. You know, I wanted people to know who I really am. One of the reasons why I wanted to make a documentary in the...
“I want it to be worth it for my family. It’s a concert, it’s a tour, but it’s also the story of our life,” says Pink in a new trailer for her upcoming Amazon Prime...
The star-studded story of the first residential recording studio is coming to home cinema May 14. Abramorama has secured U.S. distribution rights to “Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm”...
Narrated by Laurie Anderson, Lisa Rover’s “Sisters with Transistors” celebrates the women who pioneered electronic music. “This is the story of women who hear music in their...
The Queen of Tejano Music reflects on what kind of legacy she wants to leave behind in a new trailer for Part 2 of “Selena: The Series.” Asked how she’d like to be remembered, Selena...
Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps are determined to make “the biggest comeback in pop music history” in “Girls5eva,” a Peacock comedy...
Beth B’s tribute to a New York No Wave icon has secured North American distribution. Kino Lorber landed rights to “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over” with plans to release the doc in...
Tina Turner has one helluva work ethic. The new HBO documentary about the icon, “Tina,” delves into her personal life, her art, and her legacy but the throughline is Turner’s...
A star-studded event held in honor of the Queen of Country is coming to Netflix. The streamer has dropped a trailer for “Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute,” a special that takes viewers...
Get ready to play “Chain of Fools” on repeat. The latest installment of National Geographic’s anthology series, “Genius,” focuses on Aretha Franklin. Star of stage and...
Mary Wharton has dedicated her career to making documentaries about music. Her work includes “Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and...
It’s time to dust off your cassette player and blast “Young Love” and “Say You Do”: Janet Jackson is celebrating the 40th anniversary of her first album, “Janet...
Carrie Brownstein and Saint Vincent — AKA Annie Clark — have found a home for their big-screen collaboration. The multi-hyphenates’ meta comedy “The Nowhere Inn” will be...
Clocking in at nearly two-and-a-half hours, “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” charts the teenage singer-songwriter’s meteoric rise, all the way from recording her...
Celeste Bell’s ode to her trailblazing mother has secured worldwide distribution. Utopia scored rights to “Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché” ahead of its world premiere at this...
A new HBO documentary sees the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll reflecting on her roots and her celebrated discography. A teaser has dropped for “Tina,” an intimate portrait of Tina...
Michelle Williams is set to portray another icon of yesteryear. The Oscar-nominated “My Week with Marilyn” actress will topline a biopic of Peggy Lee. Titled “Fever,” the...
After taking home five Grammy Awards at the 2020 edition of music’s biggest night, Billie Eilish told the press room, “We made this album in a bedroom in our house that we grew up in, so...
Danielle Macdonald is tackling another musical genre after breaking out with 2017’s “Patti Cake$,” the story of an aspiring rap superstar. Her latest film, “Falling for...
Mary McCartney is taking us behind the scenes of one of the world’s most iconic recording studios. Her upcoming doc, “If These Walls Could Sing,” will offer audiences unprecedented...
Ma Rainey knows her worth. As played by Viola Davis in the screen adaptation of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Ma is a confident truth-teller who has experienced...
Carrie Brownstein is paying tribute to her fellow rock goddesses. The Sleater-Kinney musician and “Portlandia” alumna is set to write and direct a biopic about Heart for Amazon Studios....
Rachel Bloom is attached to another female-led project revolving around obsession. After saying “Bye Bye Bye” to “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” the multi-hyphenate is once again...
“When I think about being on stage… nothing else matters,” says Christian Serratos in a new trailer for “Selena: The Series.” The “Walking Dead” actress...
Rubika Shah is a writer-director and Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Her films have screened at Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca, and Hot Docs. Her mini-doc about David Bowie, “Let’s...
Diane Paragas is an award-winning director, editor, cinematographer, and producer of narrative features, documentaries, and commercials. She owns and operates Civilian Studios, a Brooklyn-based...
A struggling playwright decides to reinvent herself as a rapper in “The Forty-Year-Old Version,” this year’s winner of Sundance’s Directing Prize. Written and directed by Radha Blank, the...
Netflix is paying tribute to a global pop sensation. The streamer just released a trailer for “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” a doc charting the meteoric rise of the chart-topping K-pop...
It looks like Zendaya is celebrating her historic Emmy win by booking another project. The “Euphoria” star is in talks to topline a biopic of Ronnie Spector, best known for fronting the...
After dominating the charts Billie Eilish is ready to dominate the box office. The five-time Grammy winner has a documentary in the works. “Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry” will...
Stacey Lee’s work focuses on humanity, music, and movement. Her documentary short “Live Fast Draw Yung” premiered at Tribeca in 2015, winning awards in Atlanta and Tacoma. She was...
“Everybody professed to know her — they knew nothing about her,” an interviewee explains in a new trailer for “Billie,” an upcoming documentary that offers audiences the...
“I never had seen a female DJ at the clubs. Ever,” says DJ Duffey in a trailer for “Underplayed.” As electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani explains, women have been involved...
Punk’s not dead on the small screen: a limited series about Viv Albertine is in the works. Deadline reports that Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films and Rachael...
“I think music is the best proof that people have one thing in common no matter where they live, no matter what language they speak,” says Jimmy Carter in a new trailer for “Jimmy...
Helen Reddy’s roar continues to reverberate. A trailer has arrived for “I Am Woman,” Unjoo Moon’s biopic of the trailblazing superstar.
The spot kicks off in 1966 and sees...
Guest Post by Lisa Rovner
People often ask me why the women in my film “Sisters with Transistors” aren’t represented in the history of electronic music, and while there are many factors...
“You were formed by the heat of the galaxy,” Beyoncé narrates in the new “Black Is King” trailer. “What a thing to be both unique and familiar. To be one and the same....
Nearly four decades after the release of their debut album, The Go-Go’s still have the beat. A new doc chronicles the iconic girl group’s meteoric rise and sees them reteam for their...
Greenwich Entertainment has scooped up North American theatrical and home entertainment rights to “Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President,” a press release announced. Mary Wharton’s...
Jennifer Hudson took home an Oscar for her debut role on the big screen, a portrayal of a singer inspired by Supremes member Florence Ballard. The “Dreamgirls” star’s latest role...
Mark your calendars: Beyoncé’s next visual album will hit Disney+ on July 31. According to a press release, “Black Is King,” “reimagines the lessons of ‘The Lion...
