LOWDOWN TRACKS

BISHARI FILM PRODUCTIONS

DIRECTED BY: Shelley Saywell

PRODUCERS:  Shelley Saywell / Deborah Parks

 

A new feature documentary – Lowdown Tracks is having its world premiere at Hot Docs International Festival April 25, 2015.   This has been a long journey as we conceived making this film eight years ago.  It all started whenShelley went to a benefit concert that her friend Lorraine Segato (Parachute Club) was putting on  for the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee.  Lorraine did something amazing that night – Parachute Club was the house band but the headliners were homeless musicians, street poets, and dancers whom she’d discovered with the help of organizations like SKETCH in Toronto.  It was a magical night, and Shelley kept wondering about the stories behind the songs.  Who were these talented people, and how did they end up on the street?