Broken Social Scene: IT'S ALL GONNA BREAK

Imagine being a fly on the wall at the very beginning of an incredible new movement. Surrounded by artists creating the most inspirational music of the early 2000’s and giving birth to a world-wide phenomenon. Now imagine you documentented it all, on video. At a time before everyone had a camera in their pocket, these moments would have been lost to time and memory… except they aren’t.

IT’S ALL GONNA BREAK unearths the intimate behind-the-scenes footage that shows the creation of Canada’s indie-darlings of the early aughts, Broken Social Scene. From beer-soaked bars in Toronto, to stadium stages at festivals across the United States and Europe, this documentary brings audiences as a fly on the wall at the very beginning of a pivotal moment in indie music.

It’s All Gonna Break is the story of a young artist in Toronto in the early 2000’s, filming his friends doing what they all loved to do - hang out, party, stay up late and make music. It just so happens that these friends became what is now, one of Canada’s biggest and most successful indie rock bands, Broken Social Scene. Through never before seen personal archival footage, Stephen Chung shares how he captured the very beginnings of this loose collective of artists, musicians, friends and lovers, and ended up documenting the creation of Broken Social Scene’s 2002’s sophomore album “You Forgot It In People”, considered by many to be one of the best indie albums of all time. Behind the lens of his camera, Stephen grabbed this special moment in time, showing the reality of a group of young creative’s navigating friendships, relationships, business and art, then learning how to deal with success. In 2007, Stephen wanted to make a film about it all, but the band said no to the rough cut. It was not the right time and not the right film. Almost 20 years later, now is the right time. And this is the right film. This is a journey of how art is made, how it’s protected, how relationships change…and how we all have to grow up, eventually.

94 minutes

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