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We are enough. Enough as a parent, enough as a person ; we are enough as we are, and our children are enough as they are. This is the idea Lucia Bellafante is here to help us grasp. We're going back to the basics with our money. Ryan Chin from Sun Life Financial will shed some light on starting a savings plan, since we all clearly need the extra cash right now! The Hot Docs Film Festival is North America's largest documentary film festival, which just wrapped up in Toronto, showcasing Canadian and international documentaries and non-fiction story-telling. Film Critic Michael McNeely joins us with his top highlights. Find Kelly & Company on YouTube!About AMIAMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French — and streaming platform AMI+. Our vision is to establish AMI as a leader in the offering of accessible content, providing a voice for Canadians with disabilities through authentic storytelling, representation and positive portrayal. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+Learn more at AMI.caConnect with Accessible Media Inc. online:X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca
Sarajevo's luge track was the pride of the city during the 1984 Olympics, but now it's overgrown with weeds and riddled with bullet holes from the Bosnian war. A new film called The Track, screening at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, explores how a group of young athletes and their coach are trying to bring this piece of their city's history back to life.
For the fifth year in a row we are covering the Hot Docs Film Festival, which celebrates the best in documentary films. We discuss 6 films watched during this year's fest. Joining the show is Jeff Bulmer, one half of the Classic Movies Live podcast. The films covered are Secret Mall Apartment, American Cats, Red Fever, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, Agent of Happiness and Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself. Read Jeff's reviews for Whatever It Takes and Agent of Happiness, with more to come! Read Dakota's reviews for Red Fever and Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself with more to come! To learn more about the state of Hot Docs read Pat Mullen's in depth reporting over at POV Magazine on the subject HERE, HERE and HERE. Follow Classic Movies Live on Twitter and Instagram. Follow Contra Zoom on Twitter and Instagram. Check out more great Contra Zoom content on That Shelf! Listen to Contra Zoom on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Overcast, RadioPublic, Breaker, Podcast Addict and more! Please rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. For more information, visit contrazoompod.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/contrazoompod/message
Send us a Text Message.For this week's episode, we're taking you to one of the best film festivals our city of Toronto offers: the Hot Docs Film Festival.We share some of our hits from the festival, including Disco's Revenge (directed by Omar Majeed and Peter Mishara), Union (directed by Brett Story and Stephen Maing), Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (directed by Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson) and Look Into My Eyes (directed by Lana Wilson). We also discuss a bit about the culture of Toronto, how Robin Williams was ahead of his time (RIP to a legend), and Ama briefly recaps her trip to NYC which included getting to see Jinx Monsoon on Broadway in The Little Shop of Horrors. So, sit back, press play, and savor the rich tapestry of pop culture—one heartfelt tribute, one pulsating beat, and one provocative discussion at a time.Support the Show.
The Hot Docs Film Festival is underway. Entertainment critic Michael McNeely shares his review of three featured documentaries: “The Ride Ahead,” “Silent Trees,” and “American Cats: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly.” From the May 2, 2024, episode.
Entertainment critic Michael McNeely previews three international films premiering at the 2024 Hot Docs Film Festival! From the April 25, 2024, episode.
Today on NOW with Dave Brown: Ian White from the Canadian Council of the Blind tells you all about this years' Experience Expo! Dawn Dickinson previews Maclean's Magazine with an article that explores the various problems within the educational school system. Plus, Michael McNeely reviews three documentary films screening at the 2024 Hot Docs Film Festival! This is the April 25, 2024, episode.
RAINBOW COUNTRYA 2 HOUR Nationally Syndicated Gay radio show& Canada's #1 LGBT Podcast working to give voice to theLGBT Community & BEYOND!ON EPISODE 402:HR 1 A SPOTLIGHT on 2 #LGBT documentaries part of this year's HOT DOCS Film Festival.#AnyOtherWay The Jackie Shane StoryA film that brings to life the life of #TRANS 60s soul singer #JackieShane.Joining me are the directors of the film #MichaelMabbott & TRANS filmmaker #LucahRosenbergLee.&#AMotherApartA documentary about Jamaican-American poet #LGBTQ+ activist & #Feminist #StaceyannChin.The documentary focus' on the essential art of mothering. I'm joined by the director ofA Mother Apart #LaurieTownshend.+My Big Brother Canada Season 12 coverage continues with the most RECENT evicted houseguests & on this episode there are 2! #BBcan12.For the FULL 2 hour episodes of Rainbow Country:Mark Tara Archiveshttp://marktara.com/RCarchives.html
Aisha Jamal is a filmmaker, programmer and college professor. She is Canadian film programmer at Hot Docs Documentary Festival and previously worked for TIFF and Syria Film Festival Toronto, among others. In this episode, Aisha talks about her path to programming, how her work as a filmmaker and film teacher informs her programming, and how programming decisions at Hot Docs are made.Host Jennie Butler on InstagramExecutive Producer Sky Dylan-RobbinsProducer Amy DiGiacomo on Instagram and TwitterProducer Caley Fox Shannon on InstagramProducer Abhishyant KidangoorEditor Audrey Horowitz on InstagramGot an idea for an episode? Email podcast@videoconsortium.orgClick here to support the Video Consortium
In the second hour of NOW with Dave Brown: Michael McNeely recaps his experience at the 2023 Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto (16:10). And Karen McKay from the Centre of Equitable Library Access chats about the upcoming Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for political writing (36:34).
Curious about the brave new world of interactive documentaries? Experimental filmmaker Morgan Rhys Tams' “elevated cinema” goes where few have gone before. From a community-based animation with 120 collaborators, to an animated site-specific installation of strategically placed QR codes on aluminum plates, Morgan's oeuvre stretches the limits of what a documentary can be. Morgan has created everything from a music video-style rock & roll “western” opera to site specific and interactive installations and community-based interventions—often in some of the world's most challenging locations. He has received grants from the Canada Council, BC Arts Council and National Film Board and taught in partnership with The National Film Board, the City of Victoria, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee, and prestigious Hot Docs Film Festival.Referred to in this episode: Killer's Crossing: A Pacific Northwestern: https://vimeo.com/52178600 Dear Mr. Dudley: https://www.morgantams.com/dudley.htmlFollow Morgan:Website: https://www.morgantams.com Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/morganrhystamsIMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312234/Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2S5WB7qPodcast Production Team:· Technical Director: Paul Ruta· Sound Editor: Michael Korican· Host, Researcher & Copywriter: Joyce Kline· Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta
When BC documentary filmmaker Morgan Rhys Tams was 31 years old, he wrote a short letter to the absentee father he'd never known. This led to his decision to drive 5000 kilometers to the opposite coast of Canada so the two could meet for the first time. Dear Mr. Dudley: Morgan's unconventional latest short film, chronicles this real-life road trip that crossed not only a continent and decades of lost time, but the distance between father and son.Morgan Rhys Tams has created everything from a music video-style rock & roll “western” opera, to site specific and interactive installations and community-based interventions—often in some of the world's most challenging locations. He has received grants from the Canada Council, BC Arts Council and the National Film Board and has taught in partnership with The National Film Board, the City of Victoria, the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee and prestigious Hot Docs Film Festival. Dear Mr. Dudley will be featured in Cinevic's upcoming Members' Screening in this year's Victoria Film Festival on February 5th and 12th, 2023!Referred to in this episode:Dear Mr. Dudley trailer: https://www.morgantams.com/dudley.htmlKiller's Crossing: A Pacific Northwestern: https://vimeo.com/52178600 Follow Morgan:Website: https://www.morgantams.comVimeo: https://vimeo.com/morganrhystamsIMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312234/Cinevic Screening at Victoria Film Festival:https://www.victoriafilmfestival.com/product/cinevic-screening/ https://www.victoriafilmfestival.com Subscribe to catch the latest episodes of Push In on Apple Podcasts:https://apple.co/2S5WB7q Podcast Production Team:· Technical Director: Paul Ruta· Sound Editor: Michael Korican· Host, Researcher & copywriter: Joyce Kline· Co-Producers: Joyce Kline, Michael Korican, Paul Ruta
Lu Asfaha is an award winning filmmaker based in Toronto. Her films bend genres to explore themes of identity, belonging, and how things fall apart. In 2018 she released the short documentary Freedom Summer on CBC Gem, won the CineFAM script competition to make fantasy short Paladin and was part of the post production team on CSA-winning documentary Mr. Jane and Finch. In 2019, she was a Doc Accelerator Fellow at Hot Docs Film Festival and won the RBC Emerging Director Award at Regent Park Film Festival. Most recently, she was a ScreenCraft Finalist, a Charles Street Video Media Creation Resident, and recipient of the inaugural BIPOCTV Reel Work award. She is currently in bringing the short horror film, 'Fresh Meat' to a festival near you. Listen as we discuss her background, Fresh Meat, future projects and a few laughs along the way. I loved recording this episode and welcome to the Hey Gurl family !!! Follow Lu Asfaha: Instagram: @defarmediaWebsite: https://www.defar.media Bill Janisse Instagram: @billjanisseBill FB: @billjanisse Hey Gurl! Instagram: @heygurl.podcastHey Gurl! FB: @heygurlpodcast Hey Gurl! Tik Tok: @heygurlpodcastHey Gurl! Website: www.heygurlpodcast.com Hey Gurl! YouTube: Here
The world-famous French mime is the subject of a new documentary exploring Marceau's life and legacy — from Resistance hero during the Second World War, to inspiring generations of artists. The Art of Silence, a film by Maurizius Staerkle Drux, is part of the 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival.
Today on NOW with Dave Brown, we have our news panel with Michelle McQuigge and Joeita Gupta. We discuss a leaked Supreme Court document in the United States that is impacting conversations around reproductive rights on both sides of the border. We examine how medical assistance in dying has intersected with disability support. And, British Columbia is redrawing Federal Electoral Boundaries. We ask, how should that be handled? In the second hour of the show, Michael McNeely continues his coverage of the 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival. And, Karen McKay will highlight some expanded delivery options at the Centre of Equitable Library Access. This is the May 6, 2022 episode.
Michael McNeely continues his coverage of the 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival. From the May 6, 2022 episode.
The Wire creator David Simon joins to discuss his new series We Own This City, the dystopia created by the war on drugs and why defunding the police may be the right thing to do in some cases. Culture writer Stephanie Hinds joins to discuss Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde; Vin Diesel and Fast & Furious director Justin Lin; Elon Musk and Twitter; Freshii and Nicaragua; Toronto and Carnival. And we introduce you to Quebec filmmaker Miryam Charles, who is showing her haunting and beautiful debut feature This House at the Hot Docs Film Festival. CHAPTERS (1:20) Elon Musk and Twitter Tesla CEO Elon Musk is tired of being owned on Twitter, so instead he's about to own Twitter. (7:50) Freshii and Nicaragua Canadian salad chain Freshii introduces “Percy,” a digital cashier at its restaurants connecting customers to an employee in Nicaragua who makes about $3.75 an hour. (13:05) Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis Actor and director Olivia Wilde was served custody papers from her ex, Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis, while on stage in front of movie exhibitors and press. Wilde was previewing her new movie Don't Worry Darling, which stars current boyfriend Harry Styles, when a woman appeared on stage and handed her a mysterious manila envelope holding what sources say were the custody papers. (19:15) Justin Lin hits the brakes on Fast X and Vin Diesel From custody battles to breakups. Director Justin Lin who has directed more than half the Fast and Furious movies (the best ones really) has quit his duties on Fast X after 10 days in production. (27:52) From social bubbles to bubble wine at Toronto Carnival Steph picked her costume and, like so many others who are done with coronavirus, is ready to play mas. But many of those yet to catch COVID-19 aren't ready to jab jab, even if they got their jab jab. (39:50) Spotlight Interview The Wire creator David Simon discusses his new series We Own This City, what changed since #BlackLivesMatters, where he stands on defund the police and how crime stats are manipulated to push political agendas. (1:05:45) Hot Docs Interview Quebec filmmaker Miryam Charles tells us how she found her voice and works through pain, loss and tenuous relationship to home in her stunning debut feature This House.
Today, we are welcoming you to Season 3 by reintroducing and replaying an episode that exemplifies what our podcast is all about. In January 2020, we released the episode “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Elizabeth Smart” created by researcher and producer Myra Bloom. To kick off this season, Hannah and Myra sat down for a new introductory conversation that puts Myra's past episode in the context of the SpokenWeb project's values and Myra's forthcoming podcast series. Then, we invite you to listen to the voice of Elizabeth Smart again, or for the first time, and consider what caring for and sharing the sounds of literary archives means to you. Over the years, Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept has risen from obscurity to cult classic. The book, which details an ill-fated love affair between an unnamed narrator and her married lover, is celebrated for its lyricism, passionate intensity, and its basis in Elizabeth's real-life relationship with the poet George Barker. After publishing By Grand Central Station, Smart lapsed into a thirty-year creative silence during which time she worked as an advertising copywriter and single-parented four children. In this poetic reflection, Myra Bloom weaves together archival audio with first-person narration and interviews to examine both the great passion that fueled By Grand Central Station and the obstacles that prevented Elizabeth from recreating its brilliance.Featured in this episode are Sina Queyras, a poet and teacher currently working on an academic project about Elizabeth; Maya Gallus, a celebrated documentarian whose first film, On the Side of the Angels, was about Elizabeth; Kim Echlin, author of Elizabeth Smart: A Fugue Essay on Women and Creativity; and Rosemary Sullivan, Elizabeth's biographer. This episode also features archival audio of Elizabeth in conversation at Memorial University (1983) and reading at Warwick University in England (1982).SpokenWeb is a monthly podcast produced by the SpokenWeb team as part of distributing the audio collected from (and created using) Canadian Literary archival recordings found at universities across Canada. To find out more about Spokenweb visit: spokenweb.ca . If you love us, let us know! Rate us and leave a comment on Apple Podcasts or say hi on our social media @SpokenWebCanada.Producer Bio:Myra Bloom is Assistant Professor of Canadian literature at York University-Glendon campus. She is currently writing a book called Evasive Maneuvers about Canadian women's confessional writing, including Elizabeth Smart, and is preparing a SSHRC-funded podcast on the same topic.Guest BiosKim Echlin is a novelist. Her novel, The Disappeared, was short-listed for the Giller Prize. She has written a biography of Elizabeth Smart titled Elizabeth Smart: A Fugue Essay on Women and Creativity in which she discussed the work and life of Elizabeth Smart in the context of writing, motherhood, and earning a living. Her new novel will appear next year.Maya Gallus is an award winning documentary filmmaker whose work screens at numerous international film festivals. Most recently, The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, was the opening night film at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival and the 2018 Berlinale Culinary Cinema programme. She is also recognized for her critically acclaimed literary biographies, The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche and Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels. Sina Queyras is a Canadian writer, editor, and creative writing professor at Concordia University. They have published seven collections of poetry, a novel and an essay collection. Their third collection of poetry, Lemon Hound, received the Pat Lowther Award and Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry, and their fourth, Expressway, was shortlisted for the 2009 Governor General's Award for poetry. They are currently researching Elizabeth Smart for an academic project.Rosemary Sullivan is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and the author of By Heart: Elizabeth Smart, A Life. She has published fourteen books in the multiple genres of biography, memoir, poetry, travelogue, and short fiction. Her biography Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen won numerous prizes including the Governor General's Non-Fiction Award. Her latest book, Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva, published in 23 countries, won the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize, the BC National Non-Fiction Award, the RBC Charles Taylor prize, the Plutarch Biographers International Award and was a finalist for American PEN /Bograd Weld Prize and the U.S. National Books Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.Special thanks to Vineeta Patel for transcription help. Donna Downey at the MUN archives. The Glendon Media Lab. Aisha Jamal, Ali Weinstein, Heather White, Lauren Neefe, Sarah O'Brien, Lynn Bloom, Leonard Bloom, Lana Swartz for feedback.Credits:Warwick Archive (2019, Nov). Elizabeth Smart – English Writers at Warwick Archive. https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/writingprog/archive/writers/smartelizabeth/280182.MUN Archive Video Collection. (pre 1994). Elizabeth Smart: Canadian Writer. http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/extension/id/2981.All the music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions.Clips Featured in Introduction:The voices of Michael O'Driscoll, Annie Murray, and Jason Camlot from Stories of SpokenWebA clip of Mavis Gallant from Mavis Gallant Reads “Grippes and Poche” at SFUThe voices of Kate Moffat, Kandice Sharren, and Michelle Levy from Mavis Gallant, Part 2: The ‘Paratexts' of “Grippes and Poche” at SFUA clip of Muriel Rukeyser and the voice of Katherine McLeod from ShortCuts minisode You Are HereMusic in the introduction is Lick Stick by Nursery from Blue Dot Sessions.Tape noise sound effects from FreeSound.org.
This episode of Breaking Brave is brought to you by: https://soulsnacks.ca/ (SOULSNACKS! )Soul snacks are single ingredient, eco conscious dog and cat treats! Sourced directly from farms in Ontario and wrapped in fully compostable packaging. Treating your pets never felt so good. Head to https://soulsnacks.ca/ and use coupon code BREAKINGBRAVE for 15% off your purchase!!! & https://shop.nealbrothersfoods.com/collections/crank%C2%AE-coffee-co (CRANK COFFEE) the newest member of the Neal Brothers family. Crank Coffee is a new Canadian whole bean coffee brand that is certified organic and fair trade. Founded by the Neal Brothers Peter and Chris. This brand was influenced by cycling, coffee lovers, and experts! Check it out at the Neal brothers online shop here: https://shop.nealbrothersfoods.com/collections/crank%C2%AE-coffee-co and USE COUPON CODE BRAVE for 20% OFF Your first Crank Coffee purchase! -- Producer, Director, Journalist, and Writer, Peter Raymont has produced and directed over 100 films and TV series during a 50-year career. Raymont's films have been honoured with 52 international awards including 13 Geminis (45 nominations), Gold and Silver Hugos and The Sesterce d'Argent, among others. His documentary feature, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire received the 2007 Emmy for Best Documentary and the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. Raymont is the Executive Producer and co-creator of the award-winning TV drama series The Border (38 X 1 hr), produced for the CBC, sold to over 25 broadcasters. And the highly-rated CBC drama series Cracked (21 X 1 hr) was broadcast in 30 countries. Raymont's films are often provocative investigations of “hidden worlds” in politics, the media, and big business. His films are informed with a passion for human rights and social justice. A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (2007) and Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (2009) were shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Long Form Documentary. They both premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. A Promise to the Dead won 9 awards, including the DGC Award for Best Documentary and the 2008 Academy of Canadian Cinema's Donald Brittain Award for Best Social Political Documentary. Genius Within, co-directed by long-time collaborator Michèle Hozer, was released theatrically in Canada, USA, Germany and Australia. Raymont recently co-directed and co-produced Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power and was Executive Producer on Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, selected as the opening night film at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and 2019 DOCNYC. Once Were Brothers was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award, and Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power and Toxic Beauty (2019) screened to sold out audiences worldwide. In 2019, Peter was honoured with the Don Haig Award at Hot Docs Film Festival which recognizes a Canadian filmmaker with a significant body of work and a history of mentoring Canadian filmmakers. For more from Marilyn Barefoot or to get in touch with her directly, please connect via: Marilyn's website: https://marilynbarefoot.com/ (https://marilynbarefoot.com/ ) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilynbarefootbigideas/ ) Twitter: @MarilynBarefoot Instagram: @marilynbarefoot ABOUT Marilyn Barefoot, the Host of Breaking Brave: https://breaking-brave-with-mar.captivate.fm/listen (Breaking Brave) is Hosted byhttps://marilynbarefoot.com/ ( Marilyn Barefoot), one of the foremost business coaches & creative ideators in North America - Marilyn gets hired by several of the world's biggest brands, companies, and organizations (the NHL, McDonald's, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, MTV, Viacom, The CFL, Forbes Magazine; to name just a few) to help them get unstuck and generate big, creative ideas.
Director Paul Kemp’s film Nike’s Big Bet: Alberto Salazar and the Fine Line of Sport premiered at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival and has been catching the eyes of running fans. In the Film, Kemp takes a look at the good and the bad of Alberto Salzar’s work with the Nike Oregon Project, with focus on Salzar’s Doping violation suspension, Mary Cain’s New York Times piece on her time with the Project, and oddly enough, super shoes. Joined by the silver medalist at the 1997 ITU World Duathlon Championships, and a CCAA Cross Country Coach of the year who saw the Fanshawe Falcons Cross Country teams to a great amount of perennial success, John Loney, we review the film and discuss the good and the bad, as well as how it stacks up against the gold standard of running films, Without Limits.
In this episode we speak with award-winning documentary film director, writer and producer Paul Kemp. Paul's most recent film, Nike's Big Bet: Alberto Salazar and the Fine Line of Sport premiered last week at the Hot Docs Film Festival. This documentary explores the coaching career of Alberto Salazar during his time with the now defunct Nike Oregon Project. It tackles the question of whether Salazar, who is currently under anti-doping and SafeSport sanctions, is a villain, a hero, or something in between. Check out Nike's Big Bet at the Hot Docs Film Festival through May 9th.Learn more about The Shakeout Podcast and Canadian Running Magazine on our website https://runningmagazine.ca/category/shakeout-podcast/Follow The Shakeout Podcast on Twitter https://twitter.com/ShakeoutPodcastInstagram https://www.instagram.com/shakeoutpodcast/ andFacebook https://www.facebook.com/theshakeoutpodcast/Subscribe to our weekly show on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-shakeout-podcast/id1224828899243
Yung Chang joins the Changing Directions podcast series to talk about his new documentary, Wuhan Wuhan, which follows several people within the city during the early days of the pandemic. The film recently had its world premiere at the Hot Docs Film Festival. Changing Directions is a podcast interview series focused on diverse and emerging filmmakers who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible for women and minorities while creating amazing films.
Norm Murray speak with Filmmaker, Scott Gawlik. He is the Director, Producer, and Editor of, "SET", a documentary about the world of table-setting competitions. So fun! So serious! It makes its world premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs Film Festival, April 29, 2021. http://www.hotdocscinema.ca.
Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, working in both documentary and scripted feature films, as well as in television. Linda directed and produced WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD, one of the six, one-hour documentaries for the Emmy-nominated PBS MAKERS: Women Who Make America series. Prior to that, she produced CODE BLACK, Best Documentary winner at LA Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the basis for the new CBS one-hour drama of the same name. Previously she directed and produced SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, which won the Sundance Channel Audience Award at the Hot Docs Film Festival, and was released theatrically in over 80 cities across the US. The film was chosen as one of 10 films for the 2012 Sundance Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue program. For her directorial debut, Linda co-directed THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET, which debuted at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in completion and aired nationally on PBS. Linda started her career producing feature films, including the award-winning WHALE RIDER and THE SHIPPING NEWS. Today, we talked to her about her most recent documentary, WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS. The film follows the first troop of Radical Monarchs, an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of color, aged 8-13, for over three years, until they graduate. The film also documents the Co-Founders, Anayvette Martinez and Marilyn Hollinquest, struggle to respond to the needs of communities across the US and grow the organization after the viral explosion of interest in the troop's mission to create and inspire a new generation of social justice activists. Stream now on PBS until 8/19!
Season 1, Episode 13Tasha Hubbard: Telling Indigenous StoriesTasha is an award-winning Cree filmmaker. Her documentaries primarily focus on social issues faced by Indigenous people in Canada. In 2004, her first solo project, the documentary Two Worlds Colliding, won a Gemini Award. It looked at starlight tours– a practice where Saskatoon police would abandon Indigenous men in freezing winter conditions.And Tasha's most recent film, nîpawistamâsowin: We will Stand Up, tells the tragic story of the Colton Boushie case. It's been receiving positive reviews and was named the Best Canadian Feature at the 2019 Hot Docs Film Festival where it opened the festival and made its premiere. Most recently, it won the Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award at the 2020 Canadian Screen Awards.In this episode:We hear about how Tasha got her start in the industry, the story behind Two Worlds Colliding, and the impact it had on her career and those around her. Next, we hear about the Colton Boushie case, the storytelling decisions behind nîpawistamâsowin: We will Stand Up, and the premiere of the documentary. After that, Tasha explains her goals and experiences as a filmmaker, the relationships that are developed between filmmakers, and her current projects. Finally, we hear Tasha's three tips for starting out in the film industry.Links: Birth of a Family nîpawistamâsowin: We will Stand Up Two Worlds Colliding 7 minutes Big Bear
Erin Lee Carr is a New York-based director, producer and writer. Her debut film, Thought Crimes, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and Hot Docs in 2015 and aired on HBO that May. Her hit film Mommy Dead and Dearest had its world premiere at SXSW and Hot Docs Film Festival in 2017 and aired on HBO May 15, 2017. Variety named Erin one of 10 "documentarians to watch" in 2015, and she was included in Forbes 30 under 30 in media in 2018. Erin’s debut book “All That You Leave Behind” is set to be published June 2019. She is in post-production on a two-part HBO series about the Michelle Carter "murder by texting" scandal as well as for her fourth feature “At The Heart of Gold.”Follow Erin on Instagram @erinleecarrFor more info on Rough Cut visit https://www.roughcutpodcast.com/Jennie Butler on Instagram @jen_butSky Dylan-Robbins on Instagram @skydylanrobbinsRough Cut on Instagram @roughcutpodcast
The documentary Transformer, winner of the Audience Award from the 2018 Hot Docs Film Festival, opens this week at the Imagine Cinemas Carlton in Toronto. To coincide with the release of the film, I am posting the interview I did at Hot Docs with Transformer's director Michael Del Monte and subject Janae Marie Kroczaleski. Enjoy. 00:20 - Opening Comments 00:48 - Interview with Michael Del Monte and Janae Marie Kroc on Transformer 10:32 - Closing Comments --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/skonmovies/message This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit skonmovies.substack.com/subscribe
The documentary Transformer, winner of the Audience Award from the 2018 Hot Docs Film Festival, opens this week at the Imagine Cinemas Carlton in Toronto. To coincide with the release of the film, I am posting the interview I did at Hot Docs with Transformer's director Michael Del Monte and subject Janae Marie Kroczaleski. Enjoy. 00:20 - Opening Comments 00:48 - Interview with Michael Del Monte and Janae Marie Kroc on Transformer 10:32 - Closing Comments
Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody have re-teamed for the third time and brought Charlize Theron with them for the second time, so Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan have re-teamed for the 109th time to talk about Tully. Don’t want to brag, but we’ve worked together more. Regardless, we spend the review talking about the greatness of Theron, Reitman’s career, and the interesting ending of the film. Chris also attended the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto and has a handful of movies to talk about, but Dylan takes the reins and makes it all about the one Murakami documentary at the festival. We also watched John Woo’s new movie, Manhunt, which is available on Netflix now. Plus, why not listen to us check back into the third episode of Westworld? Next week, we will return with a new episode that will be about some movie that may or may not be Revenge. You can find Film Fallout every week on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, as well as anything else that pulls an RSS Feed. Feel free to share the podcast with your friends if you enjoy it, and rate and subscribe on iTunes to help spread the word as much as possible!
Shasha and I talk about her new film Take Light, the power crisis in Nigeria, poverty, corruption, Illegal electricians, suffering and smiling, hope and the legacy of colonialism. Watch the Trailer here. Synopsis Over 50 per cent of Nigeria's nearly 200 million citizens don't have access to electricity. For Africa's largest energy producer and most populous nation, that number is shocking. Those dependent on the unreliable grid are limited to a few hours of power a day at best. Taking matters into their own hands, many households illegally and dangerously wire their homes by tampering with transformers. While a bungling bureaucracy attempts to privatize the electrical system, an electrician risks his life on power poles, trying to provide for his daughter's education. His colleague in customer service has the more difficult task of going door to door collecting fees from disgruntled customers. The problems are complex and systemic, but director Shasha Nakhai delicately balances the big picture of a country trying to advance its development with the compelling stories of blue-collar workers attempting to make better lives for their families. Biography Shasha Nakhai is a filmmaker based out of Toronto with Compy Films and Storyline Entertainment. Her award-winning films have screened at festivals and aired on TV worldwide, been released on iTunes, gone viral and been awarded Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week. Her last film with partner Rich Williamson, Frame 394, was shortlisted for the 2017 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short and was part of the CBC’s new Digital Doc Shorts initiative. It had its world premiere at the 2016 Hot Docs Film Festival, and went on to win Best Canadian Short at NorthwestFest, Best Documentary Short at the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival, Best Documentary Short at the Sidewalk Film Festival, the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short at the New Orleans Film Festival, and Best Documentary at the Charleston Film Festival. It was named one of TIFF’s Top 10 Films of 2016, and was nominated for 2 Canadian Screen Awards. Shasha was 1 of 8 emerging producers selected for the DOC Institute’s Breakthrough Program in 2015, and was awarded Telefilm Canada’s Pay It Forward Prize as part of the Hot Docs Film Festival’s Don Haig Award. Take Light is her first feature documentary. She also has a deep love for interactive storytelling, working as a brand ambassador for PlayStation for 8 years, and having been selected as the inaugural recipient of WIFT's Ubisoft Toronto Producer Mentorship program. She recently collaborated with DimensionGate on her first virtual reality project, Take Light VR. Having graduated from Ryerson University's Broadcast Journalism program, Shasha was born in the Philippines, grew up in Nigeria and came to Canada as an international student in 2003 To learn more about the film visit the site here. ---------- Image Copyright: Storyline and Shasha Nakhai. Used with permission. For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Vaishali Sinha and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Ask The Sexpert, cultural context, “women as allies”, a Doctor as a 90-year-old pioneer and the latent effects of colonialism. IMDB Synopsis ASK THE SEXPERT is a feature length documentary about a highly popular 93-year-old sex advice columnist for a daily newspaper in Mumbai. Despite sex being a taboo topic in that country, the column’s brand of non-moralistic advice and humor has emboldened many to write in with their questions, the vast majority of whom seek basic information. The columnist gains popularity even while a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools is adopted by approximately one third of India’s states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yRR1_VU1cQ Biography Vaishali Sinha Co-Directed/Produced the feature documentary MADE IN INDIA about the personal stories behind the phenomenon of outsourcing surrogate mothers to India. The film premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival and aired on PBS in 2012. The film received several Jury awards at festivals and is currently a case study at Harvard Business School for their class on ethics. ASK THE SEXPERT is Vaishali’s second feature length documentary; a presentation by her company Coast to Coast Films. Vaishali has also produced numerous shorts. She has received support for her films from ITVS, the MacArthur Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Catapult Fund, Firelight Media, Playboy Foundation, Chicken & Egg Pictures, The Fledgling Fund, Center for Asian American Media, Mozilla, Ford Foundation, Nextpix and more. Vaishali also freelances at Videoline Productions founded by Peabody award-winning filmmaker Richard Wormser (Rise and Fall of Jim Crow). Vaishali speaks regularly at events and has acted as jury member at film festivals. In the past she has worked with women’s right group Point of View, in Mumbai. She is originally from Mumbai, and now resides in Brooklyn, NY with her husband Fred Lassen, a Music Director and their two-year-old son Luca. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Everything is better in The Circle. I'm sure that's the case, but Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan went and saw what's up with those yahoos and came back with some pretty specific things to say. They review the latest technological thriller from James Ponsoldt, aptly titled The Circle, starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. Dylan didn't see anything noteworthy this week, so instead Chris talks about the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival and the documentaries he saw there, including Step, PACMen, Spookers, and The Departure. He also saw Raw, that French movie about cannibals that everyone's been talking about. There are also a bunch of Blu-Rays this week, but we ended up picking the release of The Age of Shadows as our Blu-ray pick of the week. There's also a handful of news, of course. Next week, we'll be back with the not-so-surprising choice of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Film Fallout is a weekly podcast about film and television. Every week, Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan discuss news happening in the industry, blu-ray releases coming out this week, what they’ve been watching, and then a review of one movie. You can listen to it on SoundCloud, iTunes, or on BagoGames. Also follow us on Instagram for some behind-the-scenes magic. We are both on Twitter, if you’d like to follow us there. Chris is @HammerkopCross, Dylan is @DreaminDylanS, and you can follow the podcast @Filmfalloutcast. And finally, there is a Facebook page for the podcast if you’d like to ‘like’ us on that.
Susanne Regina Meures Susanne and I talk about her new film Raving Iran, freedom, the politics of fear, oppression and the power of friendship. Trailer Synopsis Directed by Susanne Regina Meures, a Swiss filmmaker, the documentary addresses the hardships of following your dreams for two local DJs Anoosh and Arash. They are extremely passionate about pursuing dance music and are “tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career." In order to follow their heart, they "organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert.” The Iranian government has banned Western music, among other things, which has lead to cultural oppression in the country. “When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them.” Biography Susanne was born in the West of Germany and studied photography and history of art at The Courtauld in London and film at the Zurich University of the Arts. She worked for numerous print publications before moving to film. Raving Iran is her first feature length documentary. ---------- Please visit my website for more information on my podcasting, writing and public speaking. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A 2006 Hot Docs Film Festival Interview with Werner Herzog. This Friday sees the return of the director with his new film Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World playing 9:45pm at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For tickets visit: http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=50928~edeed7b8-5598-4ac6-994a-ca71bc407bc4&epguid=1982376d-17a7-4bb4-9959-f38bb053d10d&
Mo Scarpelli and Alexandria Bombach are documentary filmmakers and co-directors of award-winning film "Frame by Frame.” The film follows Afghan photojournalists as they face the realities of building a free press in a country left to stand on its own after decades of war and rule under the oppressive Taliban regime. The film had its world premiere at SXSW 2015, has screened over 50 times, garnered several awards, was voted one of the Top 10 Audience Favorites at Hot Docs Film Festival, and is nominated for a Cinema Eye Honors Award for Spotlight Doc. Right now, Mo and Alexandria are knee-deep in an Academy Award campaign for the film. “Frame by Frame” is opening for a week-long run in New York on Nov 20 at the IFC Center. Mo and Alexandria are extremely self-sufficient women and filmmakers-- both having worked alone on most of their film projects before this one. They both started their own film companies and both have carved out their own niches; Mo in the documentary and journalism world and Alexandria in the outdoor filmmaking world. In this episode we talk about how they came to the medium, reporting international stories, their dedication to stunning cinematography, earning the trust of your subjects, the responsibility and weight of releasing stories into the world, holding onto empathy, the perils of co-directing, how to reconnect with relationships after disconnecting to make a film, and how to maintain belonging and community when living out of a suitcase. Music this week is by Julianna Barwick. Request or attend a screening of "Frame by Frame" Read press on "Frame by Frame" Follow "Frame by Frame" on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter
We discuss the first photo of The Joker in Suicide Squad and review a ton of movies from the 2015 Hot Docs Film Festival including Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Raiders!, The Nightmare, Western, Live From New York and The Wolfpack.
We discuss the first photo of The Joker in Suicide Squad and review a ton of movies from the 2015 Hot Docs Film Festival including Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Raiders!, The Nightmare, Western, Live From New York and The Wolfpack.
In my opinion, The Immortalists is the frankest, most open-minded and uniquely personal documentary about life-extension in general and Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, in particular. I was privileged to attend its international premiere during the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Canada and instantly knew that I have to interview David Alvarado and […]
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