Make Some Noise (film)

Make Some Noise
Directed byAndrew Munger
Produced byAndrew Munger
StarringGhetto Concept
Nu Black Nation
MVP
CinematographyGregory Bennett
Edited byCarole Larsen
Production
company
Ultramagnetic
Release date
  • September 1994 (1994-09) (TIFF)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Make Some Noise is a Canadian short documentary film, written and directed by Andrew Munger and released in 1994.[1] The film is a portrait of the underground Canadian hip hop scene in Toronto, Ontario, focusing in particular on the groups Nu Black Nation, MVP and Ghetto Concept.[1] Other figures appearing in the film include Thrust, Dan-e-o, Da Grassroots, Mos Def and Farley Flex.[2]

The film premiered in the Canadian Perspective program at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury.[3] It was subsequently screened at the 1995 Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival,[4] before going into limited commercial release in April 1995.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Craig MacInnis, "Hip-hop culture makes some noise". Toronto Star, April 22, 1995.
  2. ^ Jon B, "Make Some Noise: A 1994 Canadian Hip Hop Documentary". UGS Mag, February 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Egoyan's film fest win sweet". Windsor Star, September 19, 1994.
  4. ^ Peter Goddard, "Hot Docs seeks a cure for the `Canadian curse' Documentaries shed their stodgy image at weekend film extravaganza". Toronto Star, February 17, 1995.