Directed by Les Blank • 1965 • United States
Les Blank’s first music film captures legendary trumpet virtuoso Dizzy Gillespie playing his trademark bent horn and expounding on his ideas about music.
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Chulas fronteras
Directed by Les Blank • 1976 • United States
Les Blank offers a vivid immersion into the Texas-Mexican borderlands as seen and heard through the art of the Norteño musicians whose songs reflect a deep-rooted cultural pride and a history of social struggle. Featuring acclaimed artists like Los Al...
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Del mero corazón
Directed by Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, and Guillermo Hernandez • 1979 • United States
The love songs of the Tex-Mex Norteño music tradition offer insight into the richness of Chicano culture.
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Huey Lewis and the News: BEFORE!
Directed by Les Blank • 1986 • Canada
Go behind the scenes with the ’80s rock hitmakers as they head to the Bahamas to film a music video for their number one single “Stuck with You.”
