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Lowdown Tracks

Inspired by Depression-era musicians who recorded folk music in the early 20th century, filmmaker Shelley Saywell and Lorraine Segato of The Parachute Club follow five homeless musicians in Toronto, who are provided with recording studio session time and Segato’s band to create an album. As the recording process unfolds, the artists recount their stories of addiction and abuse, their struggles with the bureaucratic issues and the financial hardship of life on the street. Lowdown Tracks is a moving portrait of poverty, homelessness, and the power of music as a means of healing, reconnection and survival.

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