North by Northeast 2008

An epic music-driven comedy about an outcast named Power whose love of the beat sends him on a quest across America to compete in the first-ever Air Drum Battle. On his journey, he gathers an assortment of outcasts who believe that their strange skill could change the world. With Ari Gold, Adrian Grenier, Michael McKean and Jane Lynch.

A year in the life of Andre Williams, one of the unsung heroes of the American R&B community, who walks us through the hard life he's led over five decades of making music.

from the Agha Khan Foundation This is a rare opportunity to hear music of the troubadours, mystics and nomads of central Asia: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Qaraqalpakstan. Canadian Premiere

For most of middle-class America, life in the1950s was orderly, stable and predictable… that is, until TV came into homes and rock’n’roll music hit the airwaves, changing a generation of teens and re-defining American culture. BE BOP BABIES focuses on three Texas teens who just want to bop, jitterbug and fall in love. The film’s fun, colour-saturated 1950s-era footage was shot entirely by teenagers. Canadian Premiere Gael Reaben will be in town to present her film.

Robert Hagnas and Wentus Bluesband in attendence…