Jason Palma

The story of the Toronto-based record store, Play De Record, and how it became a hub for underground music lovers across Canada.

Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with newfound introspection and a sunnier disposition. Punctuated by his signature mirror-confessionals, Records compiles colourful interviews with vinyl enthusiasts, swirling around the proverbial maxim that music has the power to connect us all.

Mainstream Black music videos often present highly sexualized imagery of Black women. Against the backdrop of The New 2 Live Crew videos, the video streeter begs the question: What does "woman" mean to the average male music consumer, promoter, DJ and MC?