Frank Zappa Movies

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

The documentary examines Frank Zappa and his music through archive footage, including unique video excerpts from Austrian television archives...

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

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

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...

Documentary about young pop and rock musicians producing music as "a symptom and generator" of social unrest and generation gaps.

On John's 31st birthday, Yoko held an art exhibit, "This Is Not Here", at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, N.Y.. The show was taped and aired...

Documentary about the first 20 years of the Rolling Stones with interviews and a lot of rare archive footages all over the world, pictures, TV and...

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

Elaine Shepherd’s classic BBC documentary, introduced and narrated by John Peel. Completely wonderful, a 50 minute joy: reviews, articles,...

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

Frank Zappa and his band in a digitally recorded live performance at "The Pier" in New York, NY on August 26, 1984.

Mats Öberg, born 1971 in Umeå, Sweden, has been living in Stockholm for many years, where he moved when he entered the Royal Academy of...

This programme tells the story behind the conception, recording and release of this groundbreaking album. By use of interviews, musical...

When does art become obscenity? Cover Your Ears takes a close look at this question through the lens of the past 100 years of music and the...

A film by Jerome Laperrousaz, showing the festival at Amougies, October 1969.

On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the...

An examination of changing sexual attitudes in the United States, including comments on the personal and sociological significance of the changes of...

Frank Zappa stopped by the Night Flight studios in 1985 to talk about music videos, censorship, the PMRC and what it's like to play in his band.