Issue 110 - Spring/Summer 2019
Willie directed by Laurence Mathieu-Leger profiles Willie O’Ree, the first Black player in the National Hockey League and his ongoing fight to ensure that hockey is for everyone. Subscribe today!
Tasha Hubbard's nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up examines the murder of Colten Boushie and the legacy of colonial violence that underscored the trial of Gerard Stanley.
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“To live on a rooftop is to live in a separate world,” says Reynol, a Havana-dweller. “Sometimes I feel like I’m between two worlds,” he goes on. “When I compare the earth and the sky, I am there on the
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What did you apply to your hair, skin, or teeth today? Do you ever consider why you use personal care products or cosmetics? Or do you look at the labels to see what the products contain? Our consumer society has
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You see him everywhere, a large sneering bully of a man. He’s the Donald, the #potus—really, is that so much quicker to say than President?—the orange skinned asshole with the trophy wife surrounded by bilious acolytes, who is dominating the
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Directors Joan Tosoni and Martha Kehoe look back at the life and career of iconic singer and composer Gordon Lightfoot in If You Could Read My Mind.
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As viewership of nature documentary series continues to soar, it’s clear that these types of shows are resonating with audiences and have the ability to change conversations around their subject matter. Take Our Planet, the new series from the BBC’s
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Embed from Getty Images Podcasts have been around for more than a decade, but over the past several years, the art form has exploded in popularity. Now, what was once considered an underground thing for public radio nerds and early
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Carrie Mae Weems , who is the subject of the major career retrospective at this year’s Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival in Toronto, began her artistic career in the late ’70s, when she started producing Family Pictures and Stories
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When absence becomes presence, documentaries turn into art. How films like The Act of Killing and Bisbee '17 capture the void.
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A Kandahar Away is a film that evolves as you watch it. Turning the camera onto her own family, Aisha Jamal’s documentary starts with a dinner. Here, we are introduced to her brothers Shaker and Nasser, sisters Gina and Hasina, mother
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