Winning America is a documentary television film about the Canadian band Said the Whale.
It starts by introducing the members of Said the Whale, showing that even though they get a lot of radio play and have successful tours in Canada, they don't actually make enough money to live off of their music earnings so they all have separate jobs.
[4] They play a send off show in Vancouver, and then hit the road down to California on their way to South by Southwest.
[5] Eventually they do make it to South by Southwest, and the rest of the documentary documents some of their shows there, some nights on the town, as well as Spencer (the drummer) getting attacked with a mustard bottle,[6] and the band getting lemon tattoos to commemorate the trip.
The documentary concludes with the band winning a Juno Award for new band of the year, highlighting the dichotomy between being successful in Canada, and being completely unknown in the U.S.[7] The film received positive reviews and was nominated for a Leo Award in 2012 for Best Short Documentary Program.