Books, Film & TV

The GRAMMY Museum has hosted a variety of programs about music-related books, films, and television series. Take a look behind the scenes at these projects, through discussions with directors, producers, authors, artists, and more.

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  • Reel To Reel: American Symphony

    "The GRAMMY Museum hosted a special screening of American Symphony followed by a post-screening conversation with Jon Batiste to discuss the film, his music and the healing power of art, moderated by NPR's Bilal Qureshi.

    Early in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste finds himself the most cel...

  • Reel To Reel: What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?

    "The GRAMMY Museum was thrilled to host a special screening of the Writers Guild Award nominated and critically acclaimed documentary feature What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? followed by a post-screening panel moderated by journalist Steve Hochman with Writers Guild Award nominated...

  • The Music Behind STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR

    "The GRAMMY Museum hosted an evening celebrating the music behind STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR, which was GRAMMY nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media in 2024. The event featured a special panel discussion moderated by Variety’s Jon Burlingame featuring compo...

  • Reel To Reel: Chevalier

    "On March 27, 2023, the GRAMMY Museum was thrilled to host a special program showing exclusive clips from the new upcoming film Chevalier, in addition to a conversation with notable contributors to the film, including the star of the film Kelvin Harrison Jr., Director Stephen Williams, Writer & P...

  • Max Richter

    Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene. From synthesizers and computers to a full symphony orchestra, Richter’s innovative work encompasses solo albums, ballets, concert hall performances, film and TV series, video art installations and theatre wo...

  • Leslie Odom Jr.

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-winner Leslie Odom, Jr. about his role as Sam Cooke in the new Amazon Prime film, One Night in Miami... The film is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke...

  • Harry Gregson-Williams

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-nominated film composer Harry Gregson-Williams about the making of his Original Score for Disney’s Mulan, and the Original Song, “Loyal Brave True” co-written with Jamie Hartman, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtr...

  • Howard Grimes

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with legendary Memphis drummer Howard Grimes about his new autobiography, Timekeeper: My Life In Rhythm, written with acclaimed author Preston Lauterbach. Known as Bulldog, Grimes tells his unvarnished story in ...

  • RESPECT

    The GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to host a panel featuring Jennifer Hudson and Music Producers Stephen Bray and Jason Michael Webb, to discuss the making of the new film, “Respect,” in theaters August 13. The conversation is moderated by Variety’s Chris Willman. Following the rise of Aretha Franklin...

  • Motown Records: The Making of “Collide” from Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack

    In conjunction with Motown Records, and as part of the GRAMMY Museum’s celebration of the new exhibit, Motown: The Sound Of Young America, presented by City National Bank, set to debut at the GRAMMY Museum upon its reopening, the Museum is thrilled to host a panel discussion about the making of t...

  • Linda & The Mockingbirds

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Linda Ronstadt, music journalist Randy Lewis, film director James Keach, and Los Cenzontles founder Eugene Rodriguez about the new film, Linda & The Mockingbirds. The inspiring new documentary captures Lind...

  • Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home, author Lyndsey Parker, Alice Cooper, Arrow de Wilde of Starcrawler, Pamela Des Barres, and moderator Lina Lecaro discuss the new book, Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl, to be released June 9th. The book shows us the world of the 1960...

  • Brandi Carlile

    Moderator Scott Goldman talks with six-time GRAMMY Award winner, Brandi Carlile, about her acclaimed new memoir, the #1 New York Times Best Seller, Broken Horses. In the book, Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing compe...

  • Music Biographer Peter Guralnick

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Founding Executive Director Bob Santelli talks with music’s preeminent biographer, Peter Guralnick, about his latest book, Looking To Get Lost: Adventures In Music And Writing. The anthology finds the best-selling and award-winning author re...

  • Andra Day & Lee Daniels

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Andra Day and Lee Daniels about the upcoming new film, The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The film details the 1940’s, when the US government targeted beloved jazz icon Billie Holiday as part of their wa...

  • Chick Corea

    On November 26, 2019, the GRAMMY Museum welcomed iconic jazz musician Chick Corea for a conversation discussing his remarkable career and documentary, Chick Corea: In the Mind of a Master, which offers a behind the scenes look into the making of Chick’s album Antidote with the Spanish Heart Band....

  • Terence Blanchard

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with composer Terence Blanchard about creating the original score for the Netflix film, Da 5 Bloods. From Academy Award Winner Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods tells the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy ...

  • Celeste & Daniel Pemberton

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Celeste & Daniel Pemberton about the making of the original song “Hear My Voice” for the Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. The song is performed by Celeste (whose debut album, Not Your Muse, is avai...

  • Branford Marsalis

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Branford Marsalis about composing the original score for the Netflix film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. In the film, tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Ch...

  • Peter Frampton

    As part of the GRAMMY Museum’s Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-winning guitarist Peter Frampton about the release of his new memoir, Do You Feel Like I Do?, which debuted on The New York Times’ Best Seller List. Viewers can also purchase a copy of the book at th...

  • Jimi Hendrix Panel

    On November 18, 2020, the GRAMMY Museum hosted an exclusive livestream premiere of the new film, Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui, followed by a panel discussion with Director John McDermott, Janie Hendrix, Billy Cox, and Eddie Kramer, moderated by Bob Santelli.

    Music, Money, M...

  • Graham Nash

    The GRAMMY Museum welcomed musical icon Graham Nash on November 19, 2013 to discuss his tell-all autobiography WILD TALES, where he recounts his life and career as a defining figure of rock and roll. Nash immerged as an influential singer-songwriter as part of the British rock revolution, making ...

  • Quentin Tarantino

    On October 2, 2019, the GRAMMY Museum presented a special evening with Quentin Tarantino celebrating the film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and its soundtrack. The program featured a panel discussion with Tarantino, Mark Lindsay (co-founder and original lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders) ...