Matter of Fact Media Inc. is a Toronto-based production company
specializing in HD documentary and factual programming. Launched in
2006, the company has already developed a reputation for projects
that are intelligent, well-researched, with high production
values and very popular with viewers.
In 2008, the company launched two very high profile and powerful
documentaries. The Musical Brain and Fixing My Brain, were
directed by
respected journalist and former Commissioning Editor of The
Documentary Channel, Christina Pochmursky.
Broadcast on CTV to great acclaim and winner of a 2009 Gemini Award,
The Musical Brain, a documentary about the
relationship between music and the brain, featured international
music artists Sting, Michael Bublé, and Feist, as well as
best-selling author Dr. Daniel Levitin.
Fixing My Brain, a moving documentary about one woman's journey to
repair her damaged brain, was the highest-rated documentary on CBC
Newsworld for 2008.
2008 also saw the broadcast of Exotic Lives, a two-hour series for
CTV's Travel and Escape about Canadians who transplanted their
lives to start new careers in exotic locations around the world.
The company has an impressive slate of new international films in
development in keeping with the "brainy" style of their projects.
Winner of a Gemini Award at
the 2009 Industry Gala! The Musical Brain was nominated
for two awards, and won the Gemini for "Best Sound in an
Information/Documentary Program or Series".
Congratulations to the sound team
and everyone involved in this production!
THE MUSICAL BRAIN is a new Matter of Fact Media documentary - a
thrilling
pop culture/neuroscience rollercoaster-ride of why music is so
important to us, featuring top recording artists Sting, Feist,
Michael Buble and Wyclef Jean.
Music icon Sting puts himself on the altar of science as he enters
an fMRI machine to have his musical brain scanned by Dr.
Daniel Levitin, author of the best-seller This is Your Brain
on Music. As the film follows Sting on
his journey of discovery into his musical brain, it also explores
how music can define each stage of our lives.
The Musical Brain combines the cutting-edge experiments of top
neuroscientists and the experiences of leading musicians to reveal
the power of music in our lives. It explores our collective passion
for music and illuminates how the brain uses music to create human
experience. more on The Musical Brain
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