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By Rob Patterson (/users/rob-patterson) | MARCH 11, 2013

The music isn't just in the clubs, concert halls, outdoor stages andbackyards this SXSW week. It's also on the silver screen. Below are somemusic documentaries of note that delve into styles and soundsunderneath the pop music radar. (Find a bigger list of music films on theSXSW "Music at the Movies" page.)(http://sxsw.com/film/screenings/music-at-the-movies)

• "All The Labor"(http://www.highplainsfilms.org/hpf/films/all_the_labor) – Making itsworld premiere is Doug Hawes-Davis's inside look at Austin's own TheGourds. The award-winning nature documentarian from the Big Skycountry of Montana was inspired by his fandom for and friendship withthe near-impossible-to-categorize roots music band to create thisbeautifully shot as well as intimate and insightful look at a group belovedby its cult following. And in the process reveal the unique and compellingcharms of The Gourds and unlock why the group continues to play some150 shows a year even if large-scale success remains elusive. Screenings:Wed. 3/13 at Topfer Theatre at Zach Scott, 7 p.m.; Thurs. 3/14 atSXSatellite: Alamo Village, 4:15 p.m.; Saturday 3/16 at Alamo Ritz 1,4:30 p.m.

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• "This Ain't No Mouse Music!" (http://nomousemusic.com/) –Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records has spent the last 50-plus yearscollecting one of the richest repositories of deep indigenous Americanmusic on his label. He has traveled the blue highways and backroads ofthe nation into everywhere from juke joints to prisons to places ofworship and onto back porches, streets and plantations to record andpreserve the valuable and all-too-rapidly disappearing native music ofthis land that serves as an alternative to commercial "mouse music" yethas still had its profound influence on the popular music landscape.Directors/producers Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling follow theGerman-born musical obsessive on his fascinating journeys as hedocuments the sounds that are at the heart of this land's musical soul.Screenings: Tues. 3/12 at Rollins Theatre at The Long Center, 7 p.m.;Wed. 3/13 at Alamo Ritz 1. 6 p.m.; Thurs. 3/14 at SXSatellite: AlamoSlaughter, 1:45 p.m.

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• "Born InChicago" – Thefirst generation ofblues musicianswho migrated fromthe MississippiDelta to the SouthSide of Chicago likeMuddy Waters andHowlin' Wolffound themselveswith a surprising set of followers and proteges: Young white musicianslike Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Barry Goldberg and others whothen helped popularize the blues with rock music fans. Director JohnAnderson focuses on this pivotal passing of the torch with archivalfootage, performances and interviews vintage and current with thosewho were there and others that felt the Chicago blues influence like BobDylan, Keith Richards, Steve Miller, SXSW 2013 showcase artist andspeaker Eric Burdon (http://austinpost.org/sxsw-2013/eric-burdon) andJack White. Screenings: Wed. 3/13 at Paramount Theater, 2 p.m.; Thurs.3/14 at SXSatellite/Alamo Village, 9:15 p.m.; Fri. 3/15 at Alamo Ritz. 5p.m.

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• "Bayou Maharajah" (http://bayoumaharajah.com/) – Anotherworld premiere that tells the troubled story of the man Dr. John calls"the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has everproduced." New Orleans filmmaker Lily Kleber took to Kickstarter toraise funds to preserve and showcase the legacy of a pianist who "couldcombine classic New Orleans rhythm & blues, classical music, pop tunes,waltzes, just anything that came into his head," explains music criticBunny Matthews. Despite inspiring famed musicians like Harry ConnickJr. and recording with luminaries from the pop, rock, soul and R&Bworlds, Booker remains relatively unknown to the general public. "BayouMaharajah" seeks to remedy that with its portrait of this eccentricmusician of astounding ability and mystical vision. Screenings: Thurs.3/14 at Topfer Theatre at Zach Scott, 4 p.m.; Fri. 3/15 at Alamo Ritz,Theater 2, 7 p.m.

• "Finding the Funk" – Author, columnist, music and culture critic,journalist and filmmaker Nelson George world premieres hisexamination of the origins, sounds and impact of funk music, which oflate has reasserted its influence in popular music. ?uestlove of The Rootsnarrates the journey from the style's birth in jazz and the jams of JamesBrown and flowering in the music of Sly Stone, SXSW 2013 showcaseartists George Clinton and Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, Nona Hendryx

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