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| Rae Spoon. Photo by Colin Smith, courtesy of the NFB. |
2013 has been a great year for music docs and it looks like
there’s another strong one coming out soon. The recently released trailer for
the Canadian doc
My Prairie Home follows
indie singer
Rae Spoon in a story about finding one's voice in a playful-looking coming-of-age tale. Rae’s journey
across the Canadian prairies is also a personal journey, as the film reveals
the singer coming into their own as both a transgendered person and a quirky folk
singer. This NFB road movie, directed by Chelsea McMullan (Genie nominee for the short doc
Deragliamenti),
opens in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and other Canadian
cities this fall. Doc fans can get an early taste for the film, as Spoon’s single
“I Will be a Wall” from the
album My Prairie Home is now available
on the NFB’s
website.
Synopsis and trailer after the jump:
Synopsis: Award-winning
filmmaker Chelsea McMullan takes audiences on a poetic journey through
landscapes both real and emotional in
My Prairie Home, an intimate
portrait of transgender singer Rae Spoon. Neither a concert film nor a
conventional biographical doc, this documentary-musical occupies a beautiful
space in between.
My Prairie Home is as bracingly personal and
reflective as the songs of this acclaimed musician, who was born in Alberta and
raised in a troubled and deeply religious home. McMullan tells Spoon’s story
through interviews, spoken performance and music, set to a backdrop of stunning
images of the Canadian Prairies. As the camera captures Alberta’s haunting
landscapes from the windows of Greyhound buses and through the curtains of tiny
motel rooms, McMullan immerses viewers in the indie musician’s experiences and
struggles, while Spoon’s songs are brought to life via shows at truck-stop
diners and imaginative staged visual interpretations.
My Prairie Home is
an unforgettable look at a unique Canadian artist.
