Sound it out
Over the past five years one independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days. Sound It Out is a documentary portrait of the very last surviving vinyl record shop in Stockton-on-Tees, North-East England. A cultural haven in one of the most deprived areas in the UK, SOUND IT OUT documents a place that is thriving against the odds and the local community that keeps it alive. Directed by Jeanie Finlay who grew up three miles from the shop. A distinctive, funny and intimate film about men, the North and the irreplaceable role music plays in our lives. High Fidelity with a Northern accent.
Director's Biography
Jeanie Finlay, born in England, is an artist and filmmaker who makes documentaries for the cinema, for broadcast and for gallery spaces. She is obsessed with music and this passion runs through all her work. In 2008 Jeanie set up Glimmer Films and is currently in co-production on two new feature documentaries. SOUND IT OUT had its world premiere at SXSW Film Festival 2011 and was the official film of International Record Store Day in the same year. // Films (Selected): LOVE TAKES (2003, short), TEENLAND (2007, doc), GOTH CRUISE (2008, doc), SOUND IT OUT (2011, doc)
European Panorama Documentary 2012
Jeanie Finlay
Great Britain 2011
color
75 minutes
Screenplay Jeanie Finlay
Cinematography Jeanie Finlay
Editing Barbara Zosel
Sound/Sounddesign Pip Norton
Music Graham Langley
With Tom Butchart, David Laybourne, Shane Healey, Chris Smith, Aaron Frankey McGlade, Kelly Laybourne, Sam Howard, Gareth Williams, John Taylor, Dave Weedall
Production
Glimmer Films Broadway Cinema 14-18 Broad Street NG1 3AL Nottingham Great Britain T +44 791 810 5045 jeanie@jeaniefinlay.com www.glimmerfilms.com
