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Kevin Nikkel

Local Documentary Filmmaking in Manitoba

by Kevin Nikkel
April 8, 2024
Essays/Features

Kevin Nikkel discusses the thriving and close art community in Manitoba and Winnipeg's distinct filmmaking scene.

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Remembering Dave Barber

by Kevin Nikkel
August 4, 2021August 8, 2021
Features

Reflecting on the legacy of Dave Barber, longtime Winnipeg Cinematheque programmer, filmmaker, and Canadian film icon.

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Manitoba: Resilience on the Prairies

by Kevin Nikkel
July 27, 2017September 2, 2021
Features

The Indigenous people who dwelled on the land that we call Manitoba knew it was full of life-sustaining riches, despite the reactions from explorers that saw a seemingly barren prairie. While situated

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A Walk in the Forests

by Kevin Nikkel
July 12, 2017January 8, 2022
Features/Industry

“For over 1,000 years, the Japanese have been coming to their forests to do what they call ‘forest bathing’” Several months after watching the documentary Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of

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The Far Fur Country Diaries

by Kevin Nikkel
April 16, 2015February 3, 2022
Features

Kevin Nikkel's On the Trail of the Far Fur Country revisits old images from the Hudson Bay Company's archives and the Inuit history within.

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