Santana Movies

The concert film A Night at the Family Dog captures an evening of music performed in September of 1970 at the Family Dog Ballroom in San Francisco. Three of the leading bands of the era - Santana, The Grateful Dead, and Jefferson Airplane - perform both individually and in a jam sessions together at the end of the event. The seven song set list includes "Sour Sacrifice," "China Cat Sunflower," and "Eskimo Blue Day." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

This drama from Spain was inspired by a real-life incident in the 1930s when a number of people living in a small Basque village claimed to have seen apparitions of the Virgin Mary. In the early '30s, an anti-clerical movement swept through Spain and it was decreed that state-sponsored schools were to halt religious instruction and public buildings were to remove religious artwork, a decision that was highly controversial among a large number of Spanish citizens. Joshe (Eduardo Noriega) is a student teacher who guides students in Ezkioga, a small town in the hill country where the removal of religious instruction has been met with outrage. Joshe is engaged to marry Edurne (Leire Ucha), but when he meets Usua (Ingrid Rubio), a girl who works at an inn in the village, he finds himself falling in love and has a hard time reconciling his feelings for the two women. Meanwhile, a number of local residents claim that they have seen the Virgin Mary, who has appeared to them and told them Spain must restore religion to its government before it is too late; among those who have witnessed the vision are both Edurne and Usua. In time, Edurne admits that what she saw was a product of mass hysteria and not a true religious vision, but Usua is not so easily convinced, and Joshe struggles to convince her to embrace logic rather than faith. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This disc contains over a dozen performances from artists and songs that date from the 1980s. Included are Billy Joel performing "Pressure," Hall & Oates crooning "One on One," Juice Newton delivering "Love's Been a Little," and Earth Wind & Fire living up to the title "Let's Groove." ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

For those of us who didn't make it to the West Coast during the summer of love to hear the groovy tunes, Rhino has collected some classic video snippets of the great psychedelic rockers of the Aquarian age. Take a little trip with Canned Heat, Poco, Santana, The Byrds, The Grateful Dead, and several others. Grab your tie-dyes and Birkenstocks and dance like a fool till the sun falls from the sky -- 'cause it's just One More Saturday Night. ~ Ed Atkinson, All Movie Guide

This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Jack Burns and features musical guest Santana. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide

Originally filmed in June 1970 at the Kralingen Popfestival concert in Rotterdam, Holland, Stamping Ground includes live footage of Pink Floyd, Santana, Al Stewart, Canned Heaet, and T. Rex. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

This instructional video offers lessons in how to play guitar like some of the most respected musicians in rock history. This program teaches by utilizing such songs as The Allman Brothers' "Stormy Monday Blues," Santana's "Winning," and Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Change It.' ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide