The new Broken Social Scene documentary explores the band's formative years
Directed by cinematographer and friend of the band Stephen Chung, the intimate documentary offers a portrait of how friendships, relationships, business and art blended together over the course of the band's arc, as they worked to create music on their own terms.
It features previously unseen archival footage, and modern-day interviews with figures like Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Feist, and Amy Millan.
Today on Commotion, music journalist and day-one fan Tabassum Siddiqui joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to share her memories of those early days and discuss the film.
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