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Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land
2024Series: Documentary
Direction: Chris FlanaganGraeme Mathieson
Production: Sherien BarsoumLea Marin
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 follows the journeys of these icons. Through rare archives and infectious beats, this captivating five-part anthology series takes you from Kingston to Kensington Market to see and hear how reggae made roots in Canada against all odds.
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Subject categories
- Music > Canadian MusiciansForeign CountriesPopular Music
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Immigration Experience and Social Adjustment
Credits
- director
- Chris Flanagan
- Graeme Mathieson
- producer
- Sherien Barsoum
- Lea Marin
- executive director
- Anita Lee
Awards
- Best Cast of Docs, Reality, Talk SeriesNext Media Web Fest
- Best Directing in Reality / Talk / Doc SeriesNext Media Web Fest
- Best Doc SeriesNext Media Web Fest
Includes the following works
- Roy & YvonneGraeme Mathieson, Chris FlanaganFilm15 min 4 sec
- Nana McLeanGraeme Mathieson, Chris FlanaganFilm15 min 3 sec
- Johnny OsbourneGraeme Mathieson, Chris FlanaganFilm18 min 5 sec
- Leroy SibblesGraeme Mathieson, Chris FlanaganFilm17 min 45 sec
- Jerry Brown’s Summer RecordsGraeme Mathieson, Chris FlanaganFilm15 min 3 sec