Busk

Life is hard when you live on Gerrard … especially when you’re a white French-Canadian rapper trying to make it on the streets of Toronto. “Busk” is a fish-out-of-water comedy about a guy with a dream who doesn’t give up even when his whole ‘hood is against him. “Busk” is based on a skit performed by the comedy troupe Sweet Potato. Eric Marier acted out his nerdy white rapper character for filmmaker Paula Tiberius over wine one evening, and she wrote the script the next day. Eric added his own raps, and they geard up to shoot the film four weeks later. Singer Andrea Morrison was so inspired by the film’s “follow your dream” theme, that she wrote a song for the film called “Time and Place” on her way home from her audition. She sang it over the phone to the filmmakers later in the evening and got the part. English and French language.