JAGGED // Minnesota Premiere
22nd Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Opening Night
*The Parkway Theater requires Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination or Negative Test Result for entry to all events. This policy is detailed here.*
JAGGED // Minnesota Premiere
Presented by Sound Unseen
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
6:30 pm Doors // 7:30 pm Screening
Q&A follows the screening, led by director Alison Klayman & producer M. Jaye Callahan
$12 Advance General Admission
All Ages
Ticket sales are final and non-refundable
The 22nd Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival kicks-off with the Minnesota premiere of JAGGED, director Alison Klayman’s forthcoming buzz-worthy documentary on Alanis Morrisette’s rise to fame following the release of her iconic breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill.
Alanis Morissette was a former child star from Ottawa who came to Los Angeles at 20-years-old and poured her life experience into writing the groundbreaking album Jagged Little Pill. She had been dropped by her Canadian record label and yearned to be in control of her own music and styling. She started writing with producer Glen Ballard, a collaborator who truly saw her as an artist and created a space for her to be honest in her work. As they began to shop their demos around, all the major labels rejected them, but Alanis was electrified by what she was creating. When she played a tape for Guy Oseary of Maverick Records, Madonna’s boutique label, he signed her to a record deal and everything took off.
The album’s rawness and emotional honesty resonated with millions and made her an overnight superstar. Her first single was the undeniable “You Oughta Know '' that got walked right into on air at KROQ radio and blew up request lines immediately. What followed was an 18-month whirlwind that went from sold-out small club shows to sold-out arenas and stadiums all over the world. Jagged Little Pill provided the airwaves of radio and MTV with hit after hit, each one a different tone yet each one authentically Alanis. Her success in a landscape where you weren’t allowed to play two female artists back-to-back on the radio changed the game for women singer/songwriters. JAGGED explores how Alanis came to be that empowered woman so many admire, and what happens when a 21-year-old becomes a worldwide phenomenon.
(Directed by Alison Klayman, 2021, USA, 97 min, DCP)
