299 Queen Street West (film)

299 Queen Street West is a 2023 Canadian documentary film, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Menard. It is about the television channel MuchMusic. Much's headquarters was at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The voices of VJs like Rick Campanelli, Sook-Yin Lee, Nam Kiwanuka, and George Stroumboulopoulos are featured in the film. Menard said, "I wanted to recreate the experience both for viewers who grew up with it and for those who have no clue what MuchMusic was. I wanted them to be immersed in that channel and the best way to do that is to live in the space and the world of the archives and not cut back and forth to on-camera interviews."[1]

299 Queen Street West
Film poster
Directed bySean Menard
Produced bySean Menard
Molly Ye
Edited bySean Menard
Music byTom Caffey
Production
company
Sean Menard Productions
Release date
Running time
118 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Release

The film premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March 2023.[2][3] It later premiered at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto in September 2023.[3][4] It will be on the streaming service Crave in December 2023.[4]

References
  1. "MuchMusic Documentary '299 Queen Street West' Traces How a Renegade Canadian Channel Took on MTV and Won (For a While)". Variety. March 13, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. "How the director of the new MuchMusic documentary found gold in a treasure trove of archives". CBC.ca. March 16, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. "MuchMusic Documentary '299 Queen Street West' Sets Toronto Premiere". Exclaim!. April 24, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  4. "'Spirit of MuchMusic' still alive at doc premiere with former VJs in attendance". Global News. September 23, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
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