ZUG ISLAND
22 min, documentary, Canada, 2022Directed byNicolas Lachapelle
Produced byGuillaume Collin and Nicolas Lachapelle
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish
In search of the source of a mysterious hum, a sound man meets locals of an abandoned neighborhood devastated by decades of industrial rollout.
Film details
Synopsis
Situated between Windsor and Detroit, the industrial complex of Zug Island produces a mysterious hum called the Windsor Hum. A sound man travels to the location to find its source. On his way, he meets people affected by the evergrowing consequences of the impenetrable island.
Credits
Script : Nicolas Lachapelle, Tiago Mc Nicoll Castro Lopes
Cinematography : Nicolas Lachapelle
Editing : Jérémie Carvalho
Sound design : Daniel Capeille
Sound mix : Bruno Bélanger
Music : Mourad Bennacer
Sound : Tiago Mc Nicoll Castro Lopes
Colorization : Laurence Messier-Moreau
Direction
Nicolas Lachapelle
Nicolas Lachapelle has directed two feature-length documentaries (Lights Above Water, 2015 and What Remains After We’re Gone, 2020) and made a number of sound creations (Demolition Derby, 2017, Og Doï, 2020 and Beyond the 138, 2020). He has also worked as a filmmaker and mentor with marginalized youth through such organizations as the Wapikoni Mobile and Youth Fusion. He spent five years on Quebec’s North Shore, working as a video journalist for CBC/Radio-Canada. He now devotes his days to creating documentaries. Currently, he has two projects in the works: the first, on the Indigenous caribou hunt; the second, on a mysterious sound phenomenon on the Detroit/Windsor border. Both projects received support from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec and Canada Council for the Arts. In 2021, he was designated the Quebec’s North Shore Artist of the Year by Culture Côte-Nord.
Filmography
ZUG ISLAND, 22 min, Documentary, 2022
WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE, 72 min, Documentary, 2020
BEYOND THE 138, 60 min, Sound Documentary, 2019
GAS RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS, 10 min, Sound Documentary, 2017
LIGHTS ABOVE WATER, 60 min, Documentary, 2016