Issue 121 - Spring/Summer 2024
Jackie Shane rides again in Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, a new documentary from Banger Films and the National Film Board of Canada.
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Cover photo courtesy of the Estate of Ron Scribner
This issue will be en route to subscribers beginning April 22.
Inside this issue:
Publisher’s Note by Pat Mullen
Editorial by Marc Glassman
Policy Matters by Sarah Spring
The year ahead
The Beautiful Tragic World of Jackie Shane by Gesilayefa Azorbo
Any Other Way spotlights the Black trans singer who broke barriers on Toronto’s music scene
Advocacy and Creativity: an oral history of DOC by Marc Glassman
Founders, veterans and current leaders voice a 40-year story for the Documentary Organization of Canada
The Harsh Reality of Becoming Plastic People by Zoe Cormier
Ziya Tong, Ben Addelman, and Rick Smith investigate the hidden costs of microplastics
In Vino Veritas by Pat Mullen
Wine and documentaries: the perfect pairing?
Becoming Beethoven’s Ninth by Larry Weinstein
Why the director’s new film is his most personal work
Tinkuy: Encounters on a River in Peru’s Amazon by Stephanie Boyd
On Karuara, People of the River and collaboration
Ken Lum Embraces Ambivalence by Laurence Butet-Roch
Profiling the Scotiabank Photography Award winner
On Girls State by Jason Gorber
Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, aka “the State People,” in conversation
Attempting the Impossible by Susan G. Cole
Union and Brett Story’s unique voice in documentary
Revitalizing Knowledge by Kelly Boutsalis
Tasha Hubbard and Lisa Jackson on the power of the land and stars
Yuqi Kang’s Freedive by Winnie Wang
7 Beats Per Minute inspires Kang’s friendship with diver Jessea Lu
Adrianne & the Castle: the art of love & grief by Courtney Small
Shannon Walsh finds creative freedom in new film
Freeze Frame by Marc Glassman
A short hymn for Charles Officer
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