Play It Loud! + Sound and Pressure

This screening took place on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 3:00 pmYukon Arts Centre

Play it Loud! is a feature documentary that tells the remarkable story of how Jamaican music came to Canada as part of a social and cultural migration that had a seismic impact on Canada and helped transform this country into a modern nation and make it a mecca for Jamaican music.

We tell this story primarily through the life, music, struggles, and triumphs of Jamaican Canadian singer Jay Douglas. Jay is both a witness and participant in the stories we tell—the 1950’s birth of Jamaican popular music; the early 1960’s Jamaican migration to Canada; the flowering of a uniquely Canadian black music culture that is now celebrated around the world, though still little appreciated here. Through Jay’s personal story, we tell a much bigger and largely untold tale of cultural transformation.

Director Graeme Mathieson, Producer Andrew Munger, and subject Jay Douglas in attendance!

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SOUNDS & PRESSURE: JOHNNY OSBOURNE

2024, ONTARIO | 18 MIN

Before gaining international recognition as the “Dancehall Godfather,” legendary singer Johnny Osbourne was at the forefront of a revolution that transformed Toronto into one of the most influential reggae communities in the world.

Genre: Documentary

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