ROCKMUSIC DOCUMENTARY "FAMILY MEETING" ON CINEMATHEATRES IN
FINLAND!
"The best rockmusic-documentary ever made in Finland."
- Janne Haavisto, Producer and legendary drummer
FAMILY MEETING
will be shown on Cinemas all over in Finland starting on November 2nd. The film
will have a "pre-"premiere at the SCANDINAVIAN BLUES PARTY in Kokkola at
Cinematheatre BIO REX already on October 5th-6th.
The Film tells a
unique story about people behind music. The film was shot during the fall 2006,
in and around the 20th anniversary concert of the Wentus Blues Band, also
on their home turf in Ostrobotnia, Finland. It's a delicious mash-up of
backstage life and passionate stage performances.
The film features an
impressive line-up of rock and blues legends, such as Eddie Kirkland and
Louisiana Red, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Kim Wilson
from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Omar Dykes from Omar & The Howlers,
Barrence Whitfield – lead singer of The Savages, Sven Zetterberg
and Clas Yngström from Sweden, Eric Bibb, plus Lazy Lester
from the States, deep south. All of the above-mentioned guests have a long
history with the Wentus Blues Band. The film is about the family meeting of
these musicians, where cotton and potato fields, joy, tolerance, and above all
the immortal, shared moments within the Blues are intertwined.
Family
Meeting is not only an extraordinary film of what being a musician is really
about, but it also captures valuable essentials about music from the cultural
history standpoint: play that you feel, feel that you play!
The film is
directed by Heikki Kossi, and produced by Mokul Filmi Oy. The film has been
funded by the Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK, Svenska Kulturfonden, YLE FST5, SVT
Sveriges television and the City of Kokkola.
Check out the filmtrailer on
www.mokulfilmi.com
or on
Youtube:
Bluesnytt 
