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Zappa (2020)

Poster for Zappa

Save the Vault. Tell the Story.

With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Alex Winter
  • Profile picture of Frank Zappa
    Self (archive footage) Frank Zappa
  • Profile picture of Mike Keneally
    Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988 Mike Keneally
  • Profile picture of Edgard Varèse
    Self (archive footage) Edgard Varèse
  • Profile picture of Don Van Vliet
    Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart) Don Van Vliet
  • Profile picture of Jimmy Carl Black
    Self - Drums (archive footage) Jimmy Carl Black
  • Profile picture of Jimi Hendrix
    Self (archive footage) Jimi Hendrix
  • Profile picture of Moon Unit Zappa
    Self (archive footage) Moon Unit Zappa
  • Profile picture of Ronald Reagan
    Self (archive footage) Ronald Reagan

Videos

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Keywords

  • composer
  • biography
  • avant-garde
  • progressive rock
  • bandleader
  • the mother of invention
  • frank zappa
  • american musician
  • grammy lifetime achievement award.