Music, Travel And Culture Combine In A Feature Documentary Entitled “Foreign Exchange”

Overview

M17 Founder Spencer Proffer and our team will produce a world music documentary - targeted to taste the music and culture of key locales around the globe.

Modeled as a musical Anthony Bourdain-esque film, our dynamic and musical host will take us into key international music markets that also have rich cultures as well as musical styles.

Our anchor host will be an emerging and fast rising musician with a significant social media following- aligned with a major,  multi national music distributor. We are in active talks with all three (Sony, Universal and Warner Music & their subsidiaries) now.

M17 and its strategic partners, will cross market and promote the emerging musical talent in a meaningful way, coupled with a different, well known musician/personality guest host for each episode and locale.  Spencer is in final negotiations with top music personalities such as Randy Jackson (close colleague of Spencer’s - and two projects done) Carson Daly, Adam Levine, and two more well known music icons at this time.

The documentary film, which will be a back door pilot into an 8 part series - broadcast exhibition will be born on an IMAX big screen exhibition around the world, will then morph into via a major SVOD {e.g. Paramount+, Amazon Prime, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Disney+, Hulu) or cable network platform (e.g. CNN, National Geographic, HBO, A+E, etc.). We will unquestionably generate eyeballs and interest for fans of music, cultural and travel, on a global basis.

Our host will travel to markets that have unique and influential musicality in multiple musical genres. Major music markets where Spencer has deep ties such as SOUTH KOREA, SOUTH AFRICA, SAUDI ARABIA, DUBAI, INDIA, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/GERMANY/ CUBA/SWEDEN/FRANCE will be great venues to explore both the locals as well as the uniqueness of the music (think Buena Vista Social Club).

Our hosts will talk to, jam with and exchange musical blueprints that inform their respective cultures, demonstrating that great music travels and has reciprocal influences and entertains people worldwide. This, like Bourdain, will play well - given that all cultures are interested in where music comes from.

Picture our anchor host with a celebrity co-host in a late night club in Havana, Cuba playing salsa in Ernest Hemingway's favorite bar or musical artists exchanging musical ideas with traditional Indian and Bollywood music and musicians in Mumbai.