{"id":4326,"date":"2015-06-14T08:58:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T06:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2015-08-22T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T07:28:45","slug":"a-city-is-an-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torstrassenfestival.de\/en\/a-city-is-an-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Premiere: A City Is An Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On June 11\u00a0Torstra\u00dfen Festival POP Montreal and\u00a0Shameless\/Limitless\u00a0are proud to present the German premiere of\u00a0A City is an Island<\/a>, a documentary about music and Montreal featuring Mac DeMarco, Sean Nicholas Savage, Tim Hecker, Colin Stetson, Spencer Krug and many more…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the screening there will be a panel discussion including director Timothy George Kelly, featured musician\u00a0<\/span>Sean Nicholas Savage, and artist Jason Harvey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About the film:<\/span><\/strong> In a Montreal where linguistic identity is a permanent, fundamental issue, a community of talented English-speaking musicians has put down roots, attracted by the city\u2019s cheap rents. This scene has grown into a cultural world unto itself. Warehouses abandoned in<\/span>\u00a0the 1990s now buzz with these autonomous but busy new arrivals, who contribute to Quebec\u2019s cultural life even though they remain perpetually on its fringes.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Timothy George Kelly\u2019s film is an uncompromising exploration of an independent music scene unintegrated with the culture surrounding it. Made with the same DIY ethos that its subjects apply to their music, A City is an Island traces the struggle for expression and the place of the artist amid the contradictions of contemporary society.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, June 11, 8pm
\n<\/strong>Kino Babylon
\nRosa-Luxemburg-Stra\u00dfe 30
\n10178 Berlin<\/p>\n

Tickets available via Kino Babylon.<\/p>\n