Branford Marsalis

Music by John Williams (2024)

His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams' own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete w ...

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist (2021)

An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor's incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, George C. Wolfe, Branford Marsalis, Phylicia Rashad and more take us be ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen (2020)

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen. ...

Wynton Marsalis Quintet: Jazz in Marciac (2018)

Brooklyn Boheme (2012)

Brooklyn Boheme is a love letter to a vibrant African American artistic community who resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Brooklyn during the 80's and 90's that included the great Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Lo ...

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2011)

From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose and became one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the ...

Sting: Live In Berlin (2010)

Culled from Sting's critically acclaimed world tour, Symphonicity, this exclusive live CD/DVD compilation features many of his greatest hits, including "Roxanne," "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "King Of Pain," "Fields Of Gold," and more, all re-im ...

Before the Music Dies (2006)

B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to ...

Branford Marsalis: A Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam (2003)

Branford Marsalis' extended performance of "A Love Supreme" provides his audience with 49 minutes of continuous improvisation. Memorable to all dedicated jazz listeners, John Coltrane's repeated theme occupies the quartet's focus throughout this heartfelt ...

The Marsalis Family: A Jazz Celebration (2003)

The legendary Marsalis jazz family steps into the spotlight with this celebration of their collective careers. Ellis, Branford, Delfeayo, Jason and Wynton are joined by a host of special guests as they work through classic tracks such as "Swingin' at the H ...

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters. ...

David S. Ware (1999)

A documentary about saxophonist David S. Ware. ...

The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. (1999)

Narrated by Connick himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interviews with jazz greats Branford and Wynton Marsalis and their father, Ellis Marsalis. ...

Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (1998)

Archival music performances and contemporary interviews cover some of the history of Motown Records and Productions. ...

Eve's Bayou (1997)

Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve's Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they've kept and the betrayals they've endured. ...

Branford Marsalis: Steep (1991)

Recorded live on 13th November, 1987, at the Spirit Square Arts Centre, North Carolina, USA. ...

Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than ...

Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella (1990)

A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by ...

School Daze (1988)

Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend. ...

Throw Momma from the Train (1987)

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock classic that seems to mirror his own life, he decides to put the movie's plot ...

Sting and Gil Evans: Strange Fruit (1987)

In this 1987 film from Italy's Perugia Jazz Festival, Sting joins jazz keyboardist Gil Evans for a once-in-a-lifetime performance. The concert blends both artists' distinctive styles into a fusion that brings new shades to each song. Tracks include "Up fro ...

Horn of Plenty (1986)

Struggling jazz musician Cecil (Branford Marsalis) busks on a Brooklyn street corner to make some money for his family. ...

Sting - Bring on the Night (1985)

Bring on the Night is a 1985 documentary film, that focuses on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career. Some of the songs, whose recording sessions are featured in the film, appeared o ...

Rustin (2023)

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington. ...

Murders That Matter (2023)

How would you handle the trauma of losing a loved one? Murders That Matter documents African American Muslim mother Movita Johnson-Harrell over five years as she transforms from a victim of violent trauma into a fierce advocate against gun violence in Blac ...

Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre (2021)

Executive produced by NBA superstar and philanthropist Russell Westbrook, and directed by Peabody and Emmy-Award® winning director Stanley Nelson ("Freedom Riders") and Peabody and duPont-Award winner Marco Williams ("Two Towns of Jasper"), the documentar ...

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play. ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s. ...

The Eye of the Storm (2011)

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, ...

3 A.M. (2001)

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect o ...

Once in the Life (2000)

Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dope from some young couriers. The heist goes wrong when Billy shoots the couriers dead. They hole up in an a ...

Goosed (1999)

Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marry a rich doctor. After Charlene's psychic predicts that her future lover is named Steven, she heads to L.A. to search for him. ...

Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996)

A moving and uplifting drama about the effects of interracial marriage in the 1960s. Friends since childhood, and loved by both families, this couple are exiled after their wedding and have to wage a courageous battle to find their place in America as a lo ...

To My Daughter With Love (1994)

Joey and Alice have hardly enough to keep their heads above water. Alice's wealthy parents disapproved of their daughter marrying Joey but after a while, they had to admit that, together with Emily, their 6 year old little girl, they were a happy family. A ...

Without a Pass (1992)

Marco Williams-directed short film. ...