The White Stripes’ tour documentary Under Great White Northern Lights has debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, according to a report on NME.com. The film, which was directed by video director Emmett Malloy, chronicles Jack and Meg White’s 2007 tour of Canada.
What makes it different from typical tour documentaries is that the film captures the White Stripes performing at nontraditional venues like bowling alleys, boats and city buses. It also features the band’s 10th anniversary show at the Savoy Theater in Nova Scotia and their famous one-note show in Newfoundland.
“The idea was there was this gigantic frontier right next to where we grew up in Detroit that is just so untouched by our band, let alone bands in general,” Jack White said. During the film the duo can be seen eating raw caribou, meeting tribal elders, walking along frozen tundra, donning traditional kilts and even firing a canon.
According to director Malloy, most of the locals didn’t even know who the White Stripes were.
A trailer for the movie released by Jack White’s Third Man productions, tags the feature “A brother and sister’s journey across the great white north.”
Early the in the band’s career, the duo had claimed to be siblings, but it was later revealed that they were in fact ex-husband and wife (White being Meg’s maiden name, which Jack adopted). Both musicians are now married: Jack to British model Karen Elson; Meg to Jackson Smith, son of MC5 guitarist Fred “Sonic” Smith and poet/musician Patti Smith.
BELOW: The trailer for the new White Stripes documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights.
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MusicVixen says...
Jack White is a pretentious idiot and has made a career out of stealing lame moves from Led Zeppelin. Why do people still care about this guy?
Mary says...
09.25.09 3:37 pm
How can you say he’s a pretentious idiot? Have you read a single thing he’s ever actually said about himself? His s— has nothing to do with Led Zeppelin, whom he deeply respects. All his inspiration comes from all the old blues artists: Son House, Blind Willie McTell, etc. He’s a brilliant lyricist, at that.