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. 

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

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