Sound it out

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Sound it out
Directed by Jeanie Finlay
Edited byBarbara Zosel
Production
company
Glimmer Films ltd
Release date
  • November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
Running time
75 minutes [1]
Country United Kingdom

Sound It Out is a 2011 documentary film that documents the last surviving record shop in Teesside. It was directed by Jeanie Finlay, who grew up in Stockton-on-Tees, where the film is set.


The documentary follows the record shop called Sound it Out in Stockton-on-Tees. It was the official film of Record Store Day 2011. [2] It was funded using crowdfunding, and was later bought by the BBC. [3]

Accolades

Sound it Out won the 2011 Leeds International Film Festival Cinema Versa award for Best Documentary.

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References

  1. Finlay, Jeanie. "SOUND IT OUT".
  2. BFI. "BFI Cae study" (PDF).
  3. Gritten, David (6 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax director: 'they created these characters that they despised and hated'". The Telegraph .