White Pine Pictures executive Andrew Munger has re-launched his outfit Ultramagnetic Productions with a slate of drama and documentary projects.
Munger first operated Ultramagnetic Productions from 1997 to 2004, producing non-fiction projects including “Walmart Nation,” “Campaign: The Making of a Candidate,” “Xanadu: In Search of Domestic Perfection” and “Make Some Noise!” for networks such as the CBC, Discovery, History and Life/Slice. He shuttered the company in 2005 to run television production at World Vision, Canada’s largest non-profit organization, before moving to Toronto’s White Pine Pictures in 2014.
After eight years, Munger is stepping down from his role as director of unscripted development at White Pine in order to restart Ultramagnetic.
However, he will continue as an executive producer on several key White Pine feature documentaries, including “Buffy Sainte Marie: Carry It On” (Bell/PBS) and “The Con: Churchill and Roosevelt Secret American War” (Super Channel/Wnet/Arte/Beyond Rights). The latter...
Munger first operated Ultramagnetic Productions from 1997 to 2004, producing non-fiction projects including “Walmart Nation,” “Campaign: The Making of a Candidate,” “Xanadu: In Search of Domestic Perfection” and “Make Some Noise!” for networks such as the CBC, Discovery, History and Life/Slice. He shuttered the company in 2005 to run television production at World Vision, Canada’s largest non-profit organization, before moving to Toronto’s White Pine Pictures in 2014.
After eight years, Munger is stepping down from his role as director of unscripted development at White Pine in order to restart Ultramagnetic.
However, he will continue as an executive producer on several key White Pine feature documentaries, including “Buffy Sainte Marie: Carry It On” (Bell/PBS) and “The Con: Churchill and Roosevelt Secret American War” (Super Channel/Wnet/Arte/Beyond Rights). The latter...
- 6/23/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Bunny Wailer, a founding member of the Wailers and a reggae music giant whose career spanned seven decades, has died at the age of 73.
Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed that Wailer died on Tuesday at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica (via the Jamaica Observer). No cause of death was given, but Wailer had been in and out of the hospital since suffering his second stroke, in 2020. A representative for the musician did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
Wailer, born Neville Livingston — before adopting his famous moniker,...
Wailer’s manager, Maxine Stowe, confirmed that Wailer died on Tuesday at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica (via the Jamaica Observer). No cause of death was given, but Wailer had been in and out of the hospital since suffering his second stroke, in 2020. A representative for the musician did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
Wailer, born Neville Livingston — before adopting his famous moniker,...
- 3/2/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Dr No was set in Jamaica, so why not record a joyful ska version of the the famous Bond theme?
For those too young for punk and too bewildered by post-punk, in 1979 2-Tone was just the ticket. It also provided a handy route into ska, a genre of music I'd never heard of, and which bore scant relation to the po-faced roots reggae it had evolved into over the preceding decade. Songs recorded in the early-to-mid-60s by Prince Buster and the Skatalites were being covered by the Specials, Madness and the Selecter. It's hard to imagine, given the array of ska compilations available today, but if you wanted to hear more of the music that inspired the 2-Tone bands, back in 1979 it was a struggle.
Then the British reggae imprint Trojan released Intensified! Original Ska 1962-1966. Even now I get a frisson of excitement just looking at the cover.
For those too young for punk and too bewildered by post-punk, in 1979 2-Tone was just the ticket. It also provided a handy route into ska, a genre of music I'd never heard of, and which bore scant relation to the po-faced roots reggae it had evolved into over the preceding decade. Songs recorded in the early-to-mid-60s by Prince Buster and the Skatalites were being covered by the Specials, Madness and the Selecter. It's hard to imagine, given the array of ska compilations available today, but if you wanted to hear more of the music that inspired the 2-Tone bands, back in 1979 it was a struggle.
Then the British reggae imprint Trojan released Intensified! Original Ska 1962-1966. Even now I get a frisson of excitement just looking at the cover.
- 12/2/2011
- by Jon Dennis
- The Guardian - Film News
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