
2006
B4MD tells the story of American music at this precarious moment. Filmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country, hoping to understand why mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and whether corporations really had the power to silence musical innovation. The answers they found on this journey are what makes B4MD both riveting and exciting.

Elvis Costello
Self - Musician

Les Paul
Self - Musician

Erykah Badu
Self - Musician

Bonnie Raitt
Self - Musician

Branford Marsalis
Self - Musician

Eric Clapton
Self - Musician

Dave Matthews
Self - Musician

Questlove
Self - Musician: The Roots (as Questlove)

Forest Whitaker
Self - Narrator (voice)

American Swing

Bukowski: Born Into This

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Into Great Silence

The Real Cancun

Macheads

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

Cirque du Soleil: Quidam

Up the Yangtze

Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'

The Trials of Alger Hiss

The Order of Myths

The Shaman's Apprentice

A Place of Our Own

Isaiah vs. The Hodag

No End in Sight

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Fuel

Out of Sight