''Big Giant Wave'' (, lit. "Like a Wave") is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Marie-Julie Dallaire and released in 2021.
[J.P. Karwacki]
"In Big Giant Wave, a film about the all-encompassing power of music, it all comes back to Montreal"
''Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
It is the only English-language daily newspape ...
'', April 6, 2021. The film is an homage to the power and influence of
music
Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...
, exploring the topic both through performance clips and interviews with various figures including singer-songwriter
Patrick Watson, classical violinist
Stéphane Tétreault and DJ
Osunlade
Osunlade (; born March 13, 1969) is an American musician and music producer.
Biography
Osunlade was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He composed music for ''Sesame Street'' during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Afterward, he moved to Lo ...
.
The film premiered on March 19, 2021, at the International Festival of Films on Art in
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
,
[François Lévesque]
"Marie-Julie Dallaire et Jean-Marc Vallée: la poésie du son"
''Le Devoir
(, ) is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
is one of few independent large-circulation newspapers in Quebec ...
'', March 19, 2021. before being released commercially on April 2 in both English and French versions.
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Awards
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2021 films
2021 documentary films
Canadian musical documentary films
Quebec films
French-language Canadian films
English-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
Best Documentary Film Jutra and Iris Award winners
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