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Tag: Film
On a Mission to Add More Colour to Vancouver’s Film Industry
It’s time to change the narrative, says Jason Mackay, founder of Collective Bunch, a new initiative to promote the participation of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour in Vancouver’s film industry.
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The Immigrant’s Dilemma in Arts: an Interview with Richard Young
Young is currently realizing his passion, working as a writer and an actor. His latest film, Maternal, is about a girl, born in Canada with a Caribbean mother, who’s waiting for an acceptance letter from her dream arts program
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Lack of Mainstream Diversity was Never an Excuse
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact…
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Last week turned out to be an unplanned Asian cinema watching binge, watching four Asian films – three Chinese and one Korean. I love Asian films…
View More Asian Cinema Week: Chop-Socky of FunDepicting the First 150 Days in Canada
OVER 300 movie-goers attended the recent world premiere of ‘My First 150 Days in Canada’, a documentary that strikes to the core of the Canadian…
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Second World War Featured Prominently at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
From a machine gun wielding high school girl-yakuza boss to time travelling samurai; from sexual awakening in the final devastating days of WWII Tokyo to…
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Comedy Reveals Challenges of Canadian Democracy
“Just because you’ve fallen off ship doesn’t mean you’re drowning.” In the film My Internship in Canada, the person struggling to stay afloat is the…
View More Comedy Reveals Challenges of Canadian DemocracyAmerican Dreams, Canadian Realities: A Night at the Oscars
So then … the Oscars are guilty of being a tad too monochromatic and a chorus of notables from Spike Lee to Michael Moore are…
View More American Dreams, Canadian Realities: A Night at the OscarsInvisible Screens And New Horizons in Palm Springs
As the Palm Springs International Film Festival wraps up and Thursday’s Oscar nominations loom, I remember the words of my old friend Paolo Consigilio. The…
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