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Okay! (The ASD Band Film) (2022)

1h 27m

Running Time

Okay! (The ASD Band Film) (2022)

Name: Okay! (The ASD Band Film)
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-04-29

1h 27m

Running Time

Plot.

Meet the four talented, autistic members of the ASD Band: piano prodigy Ron, with an impeccable memory for reciting the correct day of the week for any date in history; lead singer Rawan, who uses makeup to express herself and can hit an impressively high pitch; Spenser, an energetic drummer with an affinity for punk rock music; and guitarist Jackson, who loves all things 1950s. Their love of music brings them together to form one kick-ass garage band. After releasing a number of covers, the band is now embarking upon the challenging journey of writing their first album of original music. With the guidance of Maury, their musical director, the band's garage sessions segue to the recording studio, where for the first time each member shares their own compositions. Will they be able to pull it off and celebrate the launch with their first-ever public show?

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Cast & Crew.

Jackson D. Begley

Self

Rawan Tufaha

Self

Ron Adea

Self

Spenser Murray

Self

Maury LaFoy

Self

Mark Bone

Director / Producer

Gregory Rosati

Writer / Producer

Greg Rosati

Writer

Andrew Simon

Story / Executive Producer

Tim Mann

Music

Eva Dubovoy

Editor

Tamara Sulliman

Executive Producer

Chris Romeike

Director of Photography

Tim Mann

Composer

David Bodanis

Executive Producer

Amalie Bruun

Line Producer

David Dunlap

Sound Mixer

Aaron McCourt

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 29, 2022

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 27m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-16

Wiki.

Okay!: The ASD Band Film is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mark Bone and released in 2022. The film profiles the ASD Band, a Toronto-based group of musicians on the autism spectrum who released their debut EP, and played their first-ever live show in a public venue, in February 2022.

The band was first formed in 2019, after three of its four members, Ron Adea, Rawan Tuffaha and Jackson D. Begley, played on stage with Roger Hodgson at a World Autism Awareness Day concert benefiting the Toronto autism charity Jake's House. The fourth member, Spenser Murray, was invited to join afterward. Their first live show as a band had originally been planned for 2020, but after the COVID-19 pandemic forced its cancellation, they recorded several covers of classic pop and rock songs for release to music streaming platforms and began writing their own original songs.

The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it was named the second-place winner of the Rogers Audience Award.

The band subsequently competed in the third season of Canada's Got Talent.

The band also appeared in The Kelly Clarkson Show.