Sound It Out – A documentary by Jeanie Finlay

Our picks from SXSW – SOUND IT OUT “Timely… optimistic… human”

“An unexpected pleasure, and entirely winning. Gorgeously shot, loaded with ace tunes and full of real people you come to know and like, “Sound It Out” was the unexpected pure pleasure of this year’s indie documentaries at SXSW.”

‎”With Jeanie Finlay’s ‘Sound it Out’ I stumbled upon one of the most vital and innervating films of the entire festival”

“Sound It Out” isn’t just good, it’s important – Matt Singer IFC

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“A winning combination of High Fidelity and American Splendor”
“The subject, feel and ingenuity of Sound it Out put it in the frame to be one of SXSW’s surprise hits”

El vinilo, especie en peligro de extinción

La cineasta Jeanie Finlay consigue rodar un documental sobre la última tienda de discos en un pueblo de Inglaterra gracias al micromecenazgo

Such shops have taken a beating in recent years, with the triple threat of online piracy, eBay and cost-cutting retail chains all conspiring to reduce consumer demand, and Sound It Out is one of the last of a dying breed.

nos­talgia works best when it’s spe­cific and per­sonal, and the fact that dir­ector Finlay grew up three miles from the record shop she pro­files in Sound It Out gives it a lovely hand­made and intimate feeling.

“A classic David and Goliath story…Finlay captures not only the heart of the shop, but the customers that frequent it”

A female-directed look at a form of music collection that is fairly male-dominated, Sound It Out is the official film of Record Store Day 2011. It also gets bonus points for nifty accents.