There will be a dvd too.
JK
ROCKMUSIC DOCUMENTARY "FAMILY MEETING" ON CINEMATHEATRES IN FINLAND!
"The best rockmusic-documentary ever made in Finland."
- Janne Haavisto, Producer and legendary drummer
FAMILY MEETING will be shown on Cinemas all over in Finland starting on November 2nd. The film will have a "pre-"premiere at the SCANDINAVIAN BLUES PARTY in Kokkola at Cinematheatre BIO REX already on October 5th-6th.
The Film tells a unique story about people behind music. The film was shot during the fall 2006, in and around the 20th anniversary concert of the Wentus Blues Band, also on their home turf in Ostrobotnia, Finland. It's a delicious mash-up of backstage life and passionate stage performances.
The film features an impressive line-up of rock and blues legends, such as Eddie Kirkland and Louisiana Red, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Kim Wilson from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers, Barrence Whitfield - lead singer of The Savages, Sven Zetterberg and Clas Yngström from Sweden, Eric Bibb, plus Lazy Lester from the States, deep south. All of the above-mentioned guests have a long history with the Wentus Blues Band. The film is about the family meeting of these musicians, where cotton and potato fields, joy, tolerance, and above all the immortal, shared moments within the Blues are intertwined.
Family Meeting is not only an extraordinary film of what being a musician is really about, but it also captures valuable essentials about music from the cultural history standpoint: play that you feel, feel that you play!
The film is directed by Heikki Kossi, and produced by Mokul Filmi Oy. The film has been funded by the Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Svenska Kulturfonden, YLE FST5, SVT Sveriges television and the City of Kokkola.
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