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'Muscle Shoals' vicepresident Greg 'Freddy' Camalier vary his pic film chronicling North Alabama's musical magic
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The Iris Interview: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier – Director of Muscle Shoals (USA, 2013)
The new documentary Muscle Shoals tells the story of a little town of the same name in Alabama, USA, where an incredible amount of iconic music was recorded at Rick Hall’s FAME Studios. We’re talking tracks by everyone from The Rolling Stones to U2 and Aretha Franklin (all of whom appear in the film)… to name but a mere few. The film, which premiered at Sundance at the start of the year, is screening at ACMI in Melbourne from Friday, and so I caught up with the director of the film, Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier, while he was at home in Boulder, Colorado, to talk about the film and his incredible journey with it…
It’s been such an amazing year for this film, kicking off at Sundance…
Yeah it’s been non-stop, there was no way I could have predicted the trajectory this film would take. So it’s been incredibly busy, but a good busy of course. A whirlwind, a new rhythm to life… the travel, the pace and all the stuff going on. It’s been a blessing and exciting.
I was finally able to watch the film yesterday, and it really struck me as a love letter to the town, to Rick Hall’s studios and to th
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Muscle Shoals
Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. This film is a history of the small Alabama city’s remarkable legacy in rock and soul music, focusing in large part on the huge contributions from FAME Studios founder Rick Hall.
Making his directorial debut with Muscle Shoals, filmmaking is a deep-seated passion Greg “Freddy” Camalier is hoping and planning to pursue for the remainder of his life. Having never attended film school, Camalier’s sense of filmmaking is born from his own instincts and visual sensibilities as well as from an appreciation for the art form. Camalier…Show morelives in Boulder, Colorado. Show less
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Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of America's most creative and defiant music. Under the spiritual influence of the "Singing River," as Native Americans called it, the music of Muscle Shoals has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. At its heart