Okay!: The ASD Band Film | |
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Directed by | Mark Bone |
Written by | Greg Rosati |
Produced by | Gregory Rosati Amalie Bruun |
Starring | The ASD Band |
Cinematography | Chris Romeike |
Edited by | Eva Dubovoy |
Music by | Maury LaFoy |
Production companies | Escarpment Films Edelman Jake's House |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Okay!: The ASD Band Film is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mark Bone and released in 2022. [1] The film profiles the ASD Band, a Toronto-based group of musicians on the autism spectrum who released their debut EP, and played their first-ever live show in a public venue, in February 2022. [1]
The band was first formed in 2019, after three of its four members, Ron Adea, Rawan Tuffaha and Jackson D. Begley, played on stage with Roger Hodgson at a World Autism Awareness Day concert benefiting the Toronto autism charity Jake's House. [2] The fourth member, Spenser Murray, was invited to join afterward. [2] Their first live show as a band had originally been planned for 2020, but after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation, they recorded several covers of classic pop and rock songs for release to music streaming platforms and began writing their own original songs. [3]
The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, [4] where it was named the second-place winner of the Rogers Audience Award. [5]
The band subsequently competed in the third season of Canada's Got Talent.
Okay!: The ASD Band Film | |
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Directed by | Mark Bone |
Written by | Greg Rosati |
Produced by | Gregory Rosati Amalie Bruun |
Starring | The ASD Band |
Cinematography | Chris Romeike |
Edited by | Eva Dubovoy |
Music by | Maury LaFoy |
Production companies | Escarpment Films Edelman Jake's House |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Okay!: The ASD Band Film is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mark Bone and released in 2022. [1] The film profiles the ASD Band, a Toronto-based group of musicians on the autism spectrum who released their debut EP, and played their first-ever live show in a public venue, in February 2022. [1]
The band was first formed in 2019, after three of its four members, Ron Adea, Rawan Tuffaha and Jackson D. Begley, played on stage with Roger Hodgson at a World Autism Awareness Day concert benefiting the Toronto autism charity Jake's House. [2] The fourth member, Spenser Murray, was invited to join afterward. [2] Their first live show as a band had originally been planned for 2020, but after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation, they recorded several covers of classic pop and rock songs for release to music streaming platforms and began writing their own original songs. [3]
The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, [4] where it was named the second-place winner of the Rogers Audience Award. [5]
The band subsequently competed in the third season of Canada's Got Talent.