Melvin Van Peebles: Four Films (Criterion Collection)Five disc set includes: The Story of a Three Day Pass (1968)Having obtained the titular leave, France stationed and freshly promoted African American GI Turner (Harry Baird) headed for Paris, where he fell into a whirlwind romance with white shopgirl Miriam (Nicole Berger). The fragile new relationship, however, may not be able to stand against the cultural forces opposing it. Melvin Van Peebles adapted his own novel "La Permission" for his feature

vocalist/accordionist Eddie Monteiro

Mahler finished writing the first movement in Budapest where he was musical director at the opera

On the fantastic original "Velen" Ruckers harpsichord

Every country brings it's own cultural heritage related to the language

horn and violin

Chailly and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra bring the musical imagery of both works to life

playing works that are rarely given a hearing: be it Janácek's Sokol Fanfare from the Sinfonietta

produced by and starring David Hemmings (Blow Up

self-produces and performs his songs with a maturity far beyond his years

He wanted the fairground music in Petrushka to sound shrill and out of tune

renting a Philadelphia warehouse

21 Savage and Kodak Black