traditional music movies

Our Shining Days (2017)
7.8 / 10

Drama, Comedy, Music, Romance

A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the...

Dantza (2018)
7.8 / 10

Music, Drama

When the rain ends, life sprouts from the earth. A fruit grows and becomes the apple that gives life to the cider. Then comes the time of harvest,...

Comitiva Esperança (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Blue Beads from Greece (1967)
6.9 / 10

Music, Comedy

A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.

Regilaul - Songs of the Ancient Sea (2011)
7 / 10

Music, Documentary

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples originated a singing tradition of mysterious power called the Regilaul. These...

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage (2005)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...

Lotfi: Four Seasons (2015)
10 / 10

Documentary, Music, Drama

This Documentary takes a look at the art life of Maestro "MohammadReza Lotfi", the great master of "Târ", "Setâr"; great composer of Persian...

Sigo siendo (2013)
8.1 / 10

Documentary, Music

A trip through the diversity of black and native Peruvian music. Character-driven film, one where the characters are integral to the nation itself....

Voice Over the Bridge (2009)
7 / 10

Documentary

For the first time, traditional Burmese singers Khing Zin Shwe and Shwe Shwe Khaing are recording an album that introduces people around the world to...

In the Steps of Forgotten Peoples (2021)
0 / 10

Documentary

Unustatud rahvad (1970 - 1989) by Estonian composer Veljo Tormas is based upon six Balto-Finnic peoples traditions. Collegium Musicale choir brought...

When Naples Sings (1926)
6.3 / 10

Documentary

Most likely made for the large Neapolitan immigrant population in the States, Roberto Leone Roberti’s love poem to Naples more than captures the...

Shiver (2021)
9.3 / 10

Music

Toyoda Toshiaki went to Sado Island and filmed musician Koshiro Hino and Kodo, the local Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble, while they performed music...

Here We Come A-Wassailing (1977)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary on the surviving syncretic pagan midwinter customs of the British Isles, focusing on nine ritual celebrations ranging from the Moray...

Woven Songs of the Amazon (2007)
7 / 10

Documentary

The Shipibo-Konibo people of Peruvian Amazon decorate their pottery, jewelry, textiles, and body art with complex geometric patterns called kené....

Mike Garson and His 88 Friends (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary, Music

An intimate documentary portrait of world-class improvisational and traditional pianist Mike Garson as he tours, performs, and teaches.

Beyond the Maypole (1991)
0 / 10

Documentary

Zimbabwean musician, Biggie Tempo, talks to a number of UK folk musicians about their work and their views on traditional music.

Shipibo: Learning Through the Light (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ayahuasca. Olivia and Julian Arévalo sing examples...

Sing My Brother, Help Me to Sing (1982)
0 / 10

Documentary

Documentary on Mozambican music, and the role it played in the country's rediscovering its national identity after centuries of colonial rule.

Resistance (2007)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, Music

In the panorama of Kurdish music, Koma Berxwedan (Group Resistance) is one of the most interesting, innovative, experimental groups. To a deep love...

Los Toques del Tambor Afro Montevideano (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary