Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
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Directed byDaniel Roher
Produced byLana Belle Mauro
Stephen Paniccia
Andrew Munger
Sam Sutherland
CinematographyKiarash Sadigh
Edited byEamonn O'Connor
Daniel Roher
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release date
  • September 5, 2019 (2019-09-05) (TIFF)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$536,534

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band is a 2019 Canadian documentary film, directed by Daniel Roher. A portrait of the influential roots rock group The Band, the film is based in part on Robbie Robertson's 2017 memoir Testimony.

The film premiered on September 5, 2019, as the opening film of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, the first time the festival has ever selected a Canadian documentary film as its opening gala.