Episode 536: In The Seats With....Cam Christansen and 'Echo of Everything' at Hot Docs '23

Music is our universal language, even if we don't realize it....On this episode once more we are walking the halls of non-fiction cinema as we try and put a bow on all the good stuff that we saw at this past edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.  It's time for 'Echo of Everything'While it isn't something that is necessary to keep us alive, music is listen to and created by all cultures on the planet.  Inspired by an existential crisis in his life that he was forced to deal with, filmmaker Cam Christansen focuses on power of music; how it can heal, how it can inspire and energize a population. Travelling to all corners of the globe, this film embarks viewers on a philosophical yet ultimately inspirational look at one of the truest joys that exists in the modern universe.In the madness of the festival we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with director Cam Christansen to talk about the origins of this story, the marriage of music to the moving image and so very much more....