Movies

This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's...

In 1971, the Kalvøya adventure started with shows, jazz and folk rock and the festival developed into "The mother of all Norwegian festivals".

Deep Purple is one of the most influential and important guitar bands in history, one of the godfathers of the heavy metal genre, with over 100...

This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most...

A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism....

This is the first documentary covering Steve Vai's life from 1960 to 1990. (Co-written by Steve Vai.) Cover Vai's life growing up all the way until...

This film, the first ever to chronicle Lowell George's life, music and career, uses archive footage and interviews of and with Lowell and Little...

A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.

This is a documentary about an unfinished movie. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention try to film the sci-fi epic "Uncle Meat."

In the feature documentary, Summer 82 - When Zappa Came to Sicily, filmmaker and Zappa fan Salvo Cuccia tells the behind-the-scenes story of Frank...

A mental journey - historical, political, musical and metaphysical - in contemporary times, from the Sixties until nowadays.

The untold story of Charles Manson's obsession to become a rock star, his rise in the LA music scene, the celebrities who championed his music, his...

in 1982 there was a boy like you who loved the Beatles and the Rolling Stones but most of all he loved Frank Zappa.... that boy was me and today 30...

Produced by Frank Zappa in 1982, The Dub Room Special combines footage from a performance at the KCET studios in Los Angeles on August 27, 1974, a...

A bored insurance salesman quits his job to go into politics. He first starts preaching about how man is greater than he thinks and that man can live...

Assembled from never before seen footage shot in 1983, this film documents controversial Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt's unlikely bid for...

Frank Zappa: A Token of his Extreme is the 1974 television special recorded at Kcet in Hollywood that was produced by Zappa and aired only in France...

In a little over an hour, 'VIDEO FROM HELL' provides a preview of current and projected Honker releases, including 'BABY SNAKES', 'THE TRUE STORY OF...

A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus...

For the past ten years Zappa in composing has turned away from Rock and Roll music - for which he first became famous - and has been working on new,...