It’s hard to believe, but a quarter-century has passed since Nik Sheehan made the first Canadian documentary response to the AIDS epidemic, No Sad Songs.
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Keep ReadingAaron Davis is an eclectic composer, arranger and keyboardist who is equally known as a founding member of the Holly Cole Trio and as a prolific composer of film music.
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Keep ReadingModern copyright affects every filmmaker, every musician, every photographer—every artist—in Canada now that consumption is digital.
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