Winning America
| Winning America | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Said The Whale |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jon Siddall Brent Hodge Sheila Peacock |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | July 23, 2011 |
Winning America is a documentary television film about the Canadian band
Leo Award in 2012.[3]
Synopsis
The film follows the members of the band Said the Whale as they're about to embark on their first tour in the United States. It starts by introducing the members of Said the Whale, showing that even though they get a lot of radio play and have successful tours in Canada, they don't actually make enough money to live off of their music earnings so they all have separate jobs.[4] They play a send off show in Vancouver, and then hit the road down to California on their way to
microkorg).[5]
Eventually they do make it to South by Southwest, and the rest of the documentary documents some of their shows there, some nights on the town, as well as Spencer (the drummer) getting attacked with a mustard bottle,[6] and the band getting lemon tattoos to commemorate the trip.
The documentary concludes with the band winning a
Juno Award for new band of the year, highlighting the dichotomy between being successful in Canada, and being completely unknown in the U.S.[7]
Cast
- Ben Worcester
- Tyler Bancroft
- Nathan Shaw
- Spencer Schoening
- Jaycelyn Brown
Reception
The film received positive reviews and was nominated for a
Leo Award
in 2012 for Best Short Documentary Program.
References
- ^ "Said the Whale's U.S. tour chronicled in CBC Documentary". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Winning America - The story of Said the Whale's journey to SXSW". CBC Music. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "2012 Documentary Award Nominees by Name". LeoAwards.com. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Said the Whale tackles in the U.S. in new documentary". The Martlet. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Said the Whale's gear gets stolen while on tour in California". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- Undercurrent. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- Vancouver Observer. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?p=4920
- http://thefulcrum.ca/2011/09/keep-on-keeping-on/
- http://www.straight.com/blogra/said-whale-previews-cbc-documentary
- http://stickymagazine.com/news/news/565-said-the-whale
- http://vancouverisawesome.com/2011/07/21/said-the-whale-winning-america/
- http://www.newrockstarphilosophy.com/2011/08/friday-night-music-flick-said-the-whales-winning-america-limitedtimeoffer/
- http://buyingshotsforbands.com/2011/07/13/said-the-whale-documentary-to-air-on-cbc/
- http://fistfulofsound.com/2011/07/find-me-to-win-said-the-whale-pre-screening-party-for-winning-america/
- http://www.rickchung.com/2011/07/said-whale-winning-america-cbc.html
- http://www.hellovancity.com/2011/07/15/winning-america-the-said-the-whale-documentary-media-screening-photo-gallery/
External links
- Official Site
- Winning America at IMDb
