This year’s Toronto International Film Festival is underway and here’s a look at a film getting its world premiere amongst the programme. Underplayed explores gender inequality through the lens of the electronic music scene and the women championing the change over the summer festival season and it gets its first screenings in the opening days of the festival.
Electronic music was born from the ideals of diversity, community, and inclusivity; yet in the last two years only 7% of Billboard’s Top 100 DJs were women. Filmed over the summer festival season, Underplayed presents a portrait of the current status of the gender, ethnic, and sexual equality issues through the lens of the female pioneers, next-generation artists, and industry leaders who are championing the change, and inspiring a more diverse pool of role models for future generations. Ultimately, the film explores how gender disparity happens; a theme that transcends music and finds relevance in many of today’s industries.
The film is directed by Stacey Lee and features the likes of Alison Wonderland, Tygapaw, TOKiMONSTA and Mark Ronson. Here’s the trailer for the film as well as the one-sheet poster. Looking forward to catching this one. More as it comes our way but you can check out the official website for the film here.
