Plot Synopsis

ROCK DOCS is a franchise of music based documentaries, each telling an untold story in the history of rock and hip-hop music by combining never-before-seen footage with a unique and unconventional narrative approach. For a recent installment on Saturday, August 4, 2012, ROCK DOCS presented the television premiere of MARLEY, the documentary on reggae singer/songwriter Bob Marley. Featuring candid interviews from Marley's mother, cousins, children Ziggy and Cedella, wife Rita, and girlfriends, the film is remarkably personal. Before embarking on his musical calling, Marley was consumed with rejection. The product of an inter-racial relationship between his Jamaican mother and barely-present English father, a light-skinned Marley often found himself isolated and outside the norm of Jamaican culture, or as he called it, "half-caste." A well-behaved kid, Marley grew up shy and poor, often going to bed hungry as he dreamt of a better life -- one filled with acceptance and peace instead of pain and an empty belly.
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On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 9pm ET/PT, VH1 premiered BACKSTREET BOYS: SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF, the most recent installment in the cable channel's ROCK DOCS franchise. This 150-minute documentary, directed by Stephen Kijak, stars original group members Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson, all of whom were producers on the film along with Mia Bays. Filmed over 2 years, this doc delves into the extremes of fame, fortune, betrayal and renewal, following the members as they share their lives with us and relive their journey together, revealing new and old tensions that need confronting and resolving.