Behind a Hill

This documentary is a journey into our own fascination, a collection of portraits of folk musicians living in New England, and a study of the ground on which their music is founded. We listen to them as they tell their stories and play their music. First and foremost, Behind a Hill is a tribute to these musicians and a rare peep into the house parties and basement jams of New England, in the northwestern corner of the USA, with the vain hope attached that maybe you, the viewer, will grow as fond of the music as we have. When we first encountered these musicians, we were overwhelmed by the quality of their musical output. We were entranced by the melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and tempos and every other element that constitutes a song (or, as is often the case, a piece of abstract drone music, heavy feedback, or someone banging a steel pipe against a bag of dirt while chanting in a yet undiscovered language, or...).

Documentary Music

Behind a Hill

Videos

Behind a Hill

Recomendation Films

  • Treacherous
  • NULL
  • Kapteinis Nulle
  • Bark
  • Тайны дворцовых переворотов. Россия, век XVIII-ый. Фильм 5-й. Вторая невеста императора
  • Ый кыыhа
  • (NULL)
  • NSFW: Not Safe for Work
  • J-ok'el
  • Sure Looks Good
  • Начало
  • 劇場版「空の境界」第五章 矛盾螺旋
  • Les eaux troubles
  • 一路不消停

Similar Films

  • Selva. Un portrait de Parvaneh Navaï
  • همه کوه ها می دهند
  • May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers
  • Black Hole Radio
  • Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante
  • Sylvia Kristel – Paris
  • You Gave Me A Song: The Life and Music of Alice Gerrard
  • Willi Carlisle: Live at MerleFest
  • Runrig: Wheel In Motion
  • Rich Hall's Countrier Than You
  • Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
  • A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America
  • Florida, Man
  • Dont Look Back
  • Negativland: No Other Possibility
  • Between Science and Garbage
  • Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
  • Toorumi Pojad
  • The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks

NextFilm 2025