Join us for our 2025 Film Series, where we explore films that highlight the powerful connection between music, cultural moments, and the stories behind our Rock Hall programming.

Feb 20

Leave The Door Open: Film Series Screening

Learn about the story of two young Turkish boys Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegün’s struggle against racial discrimination in the USA by drawing on the power of Jazz.

Feb 27

Purple Rain: Film Series Screening

Learn about the story of a struggling musician deals with his family and his new love interest against the backdrop of Minneapolis nightclubs.

Mar 6

Amy: Film Series Screening

Take a look at the life of talented but troubled British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011. The film includes rare interviews with the subject and previously unreleased songs.

Mar 10

Films From The Bob Dylan Archive

Enjoy a film screening of the Bob Dylan Archive and hear from Director Steven Jenkins. Spanning decades and musical styles, this far-ranging one-hour program of short films and videos from the Bob Dylan Archive features rare and previously unreleased clips of Dylan on stage and in the studio.

Mar 20

Bad Reputation: Film Series Screening

Examine the career of feminist icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Jett. It examines her early years in music, her longstanding partnership with Kenny Laguna, and her activism for animal rights and the environment.

Mar 27

Resynator: Film Screening and Conversation

Experience a narrative documentary that begins when Alison Tavel rescues her father’s synthesizer prototype from her grandmother’s attic. What starts off as a curious resurrection project of her dad’s Resynator soon launches into an insatiable, globe-trotting quest to untangle the web of myths and unlock the deep secrets surrounding his life and invention.

Apr 10

Squaring the Circle: Film Series Screening

Learn the story of the album art design studio Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.

PARKING: Paid meters and parking lots are available around the museum on East 9th St., Erieside Ave., Alfred Lerner Way (in front of FirstEnergy Stadium) and at the Great Lakes Science Center. You can also use these links to park in other downtown lots, reserve your parking spot in advance or to take public transportation. All sales final, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded after purchase unless the performance is cancelled.