2 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: In “Kokomo,” nan Beach Boys famously sang “Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I want to return ya…” But it wasn’t their only deed pinch a Caribbean connection.
“Sloop John B,” their classical from nan Pet Sounds album, came to nan set done nan Bahamas, an improbable travel explored successful nan upcoming documentary Bringing Her Home: The Story of Sloop John B from Rising Tide Productions. Odin’s Eye Entertainment is presenting nan task astatine nan Marché du Film successful Cannes pinch promo footage successful anticipation of a autumn 2026 show campaign.
Pet Sounds was released 60 years agone this Saturday, achieving iconic position arsenic 1 of nan top albums successful euphony history. “Sloop John B” – way no. 7 connected broadside 1 of Pet Sounds – began arsenic a Bahamian people opus and was introduced to Beach Boys’ leader Brian Wilson by set personnel Al Jardine. Jardine, 1 of 2 surviving Beach Boys on pinch Mike Love, participates successful nan documentary.
Bringing Her Home: The Story of Sloop John B “explores really a opus calved successful The Bahamas became portion of American popular history, and why its complete communicative still matters today,” according to a release. “A cardinal constituent of nan documentary follows nan creation of a caller signaling of ‘Sloop John B’ astatine Lenny Kravitz’s workplace successful Eleuthera, The Bahamas. The signaling is produced by Craig Ross, longtime guitarist and philharmonic collaborator of Lenny Kravitz, and brings together Bahamian musicians and typical guests for a modern type rooted successful place, memory, and philharmonic heritage.”
The merchandise continues, “The documentary moves betwixt land memory, euphony history, archival discovery, and nan imaginative power of nan Eleuthera signaling sessions. It does not activity to rewrite nan song’s history, but to complete it, honoring some nan Bahamian civilization that gave it life and nan Beach Boys signaling that carried it astir nan world.”
The movie is successful accumulation and post-production, pinch filming taking spot crossed nan Bahamas and nan caller signaling captured astatine Lenny Kravitz’s workplace successful Eleuthera, per nan release. The documentary is produced by David House and Edgar Seligman, and executive produced by Michael Favelle of Odin’s Eye Entertainment, which is handling world sales.
“This movie is astir completing nan travel of a opus that began successful The Bahamas, was carried into nan world by generations of musicians, and became immortal done The Beach Boys,” House and Seligman said successful a statement. “With Al Jardine’s information and a caller signaling created successful Eleuthera, this is simply a chance to grant nan afloat bequest of ‘Sloop John B’ pinch joy, dignity, and respect.”
Rising Tide Productions is simply a Bahamas-based accumulation institution “dedicated to telling cinematic stories rooted successful culture, legacy, music, and place.”
Odin’s Eye Entertainment, founded by Michael Favelle successful 2006 on pinch sister institution Odin’s Eye Animation, “is a world leader successful nan production, distribution, and world income of characteristic films and tv content.”
