PARADISE x NFB present SOUNDS & PRESSURE: REGGAE IN A FOREIGN LAND

WORLD PREMIERE!

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.

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.

(Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada)

Thursday, August 22nd 8 PM/7:30 PM Doors

General Admission $15.00 + HST/eventbrite fees

Tickets sold out. Stream the series for free as of August 23 on nfb.ca + apps.

Door tickets are available for purchase on the day of screening. Refunds can be requested up to 12 hours before the screening. All refunds must be requested and processed through eventbrite.

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Blue Door Wine Shop | Café Paradise