Super Channel to Air U2 Doc

TORONTO: BBC Worldwide Canada has licensed the U2 documentary From the Sky Down to Super Channel in Canada.

From the Sky Down became the first documentary to ever open the Toronto International Film Festival. The doc marks the 20th anniversary of U2’s 1991 album, Achtung Baby, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance. It features new interviews, stories and unseen footage from the band’s return to Hansa Studios in Berlin, the site where they first recorded Achtung Baby, with Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman).

Hilary Read, the COO of BBC Worldwide Canada, said, “Long-time U2 devotees and new fans alike will be drawn to this up-close, intimate portrait that Davis Guggenheim has created of one of the world’s most talented and influential musical acts. The film was incredibly well-received at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. It’s great to be partnering with Super Channel to give From the Sky Down its TV debut in Canada.”

“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to bring Canadians a viewing opportunity of this quality in HD and commercial-free,” said, Sandy Perkins, the VP of programming for Super Channel. “From the Sky Down is certain to be embraced with enthusiasm by our viewers.”