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| The 5-part documentary series Sounds & Pressure: Reggae In A Foreign Land premieres at the Paradise Theatre on Thursday night. |
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae In A Foreign Land
Thursday (August 22) at 8 PM (Doors at 7:30 PM)
Paradise Theatre (1006c Bloor St. West)
Join Paradise and the National Film Board of Canada for the premiere of Sounds & Pressure, a new five-part series celebrating the Jamaican icons who brought reggae to Toronto. Featuring a live post-screening Q&A with directors Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan, and several of the incredible artists profiled in the series, moderated by journalist/radio host Danae Peart. Advance tickets are sold out. Check the Paradise Theatre site for more info.
At the height of the golden age of reggae, some of Jamaica’s brightest stars left their homeland behind to shine their light in an unlikely hub of Caribbean creativity: Toronto. Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land is a captivating five-part anthology series that chronicles the musical and geographical journeys of Nana McLean, Johnny Osbourne, Leroy Sibbles, Jerry Brown and duo Roy Panton and Yvonne Harrison. Through rare archives, electrifying needle drops and lively interviews with the artists themselves, directors Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan take you from Kingston to Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.
Didn't get tickets for the screening? You may still want to swing by The Cafeteria (1650 Dupont) on Thursday night at 10:30 pm for the Sounds & Pressure After Party. Free entry. The mega talented Joshua Lucas will be providing the tunes as selector. Rumour has it some very special guests might be there!
Watch the Sounds & Pressure trailer below.
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Big City Small World Errol Nazareth chats with the filmmakers behind the Sounds & Pressure series (starts at 18:50)
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