Screening: Saturday, March 23, 2024 – 7:40 pm
Venue: Galaxy Cinemas, 72 Commerce Park Drive, Barrie
“Immediate Family” keeps hustling along like a soft-rock freight train, relying not just on the then-and-now chemistry between the four core players but also on our eagerness to jump with them to the next celebrity-session story.” – Chris Willman, Variety
“Immediate Family is an affectionate and insightful group portrait and a sweet jolt of nostalgia for boomers — but more than that, it’s time well spent with delightful subjects who played crucial roles in shaping the popular music of a ground-shifting era.” – Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
IMMEDIATE FAMILY tracks the rise and collaborations of a group of legendary session musicians Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, and Waddy Wachtel through the 1970s and onward, chronicling their illustrious partnerships and their formidable record of hit-making.
Directed by Denny Tedesco, whose documentary The Wrecking Crew followed the first wave of studio musicians in the 60s, the film reveals the machinery behind the booming era of the singersongwriter, when the talents of these four musicians were in furious demand. The foundations of their enduring friendship, formed on the road and in studios, is recalled with dynamite clarity — reminisced with fondness through intimate interviews with the guys themselves, as well as the memories of some of rock’s most iconic voices including Carole King, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Keith Richards, Don Henley, Stevie Nicks, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Lyle Lovett, Phil Collins, and more. IMMEDIATE FAMILY is a backstage tour spanning multiple eras of musical history.
Awards: 17 wins, 3 nominations
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature, Woodstock Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Festival Honours Award, Outstanding Documentary, Newport Beach Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Best Documentary Feature, San Antonio Film Festival, 2023
Winner – BIFF Award, Best Music Documentary, Boulder International Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Award, Music on Screen, Calgary International Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Award, Music Moving Mountains, Maui Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Choice, Best Feature, Tacoma Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary Feature, Tallgrass International Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Focus on the Arts Award, Naples International Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Award, Documentary Feature, Coronado Island Film Festival, 2022
Winner – Audience Award, Favourite Film Overall, DocLands Documentary Film Festival, 2023
Winner – Audience Award, Best Documentary, Film Fest Tucson, 2023