Lift the veil on the enormous impact of Indigenous musicians including Robbie Robertson, Link Wray, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jimi Hendrix and more in this audience favourite full of good tunes.
Music on Film
Inspiring music docs from around the world come together with curated musical performances and special guest discussions selected by The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Screenings hosted by Mervon Mehta, Executive Director of the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Performing Arts Division.
Tickets: $17 (Members: $12, $10, Free)
Tuesday, October 30, 6:30 PM
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
- Canada
- 2017
- 102
- Director:
- Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
Tuesday, November 27, 6:30 PM
Retracing their roots, New Orleans’ famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band embark on a cultural journey to post-embargo Cuba in search of the indigenous beats and rhythms that gave birth to New Orleans jazz.
Tuesday, January 29, 6:30 PM
Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
- USA
- 2009
- 90
- Director:
- Jon Goodman
The story of the civil rights movement and its continuing impact on music, politics, and culture through the freedom songs.
Tuesday, February 26, 6:30 PM
Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds: the Conductor Zubin Mehta
- Germany
- 2016
- 98
- Director:
- Bettina Ehrhardt
This globe-trotting biography is a magnificent tribute to conductor Zubin Mehta, an artistic virtuoso and true believer in the international language of music.
Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 PM
The definitive account of India's most celebrated musician follows two years of Ravi Shankar's life filmed in India and America against the backdrop of seven decades of creation.
