“There are many Canadians that don’t know Aboriginal people,” says Landy Anderson, a child protection worker interviewed in this short documentary. As a result, misunderstandings abound. As we reported in June, the 2167 project seeks
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The Dishwasher (Review)
With Telus Storyhive coming around again, it seems only necessary that I review a submission that has come out recently. The short is none other than The Dishwasher, by Matt David Johnson. Now I know
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Being Canadian (Review)
At one point Robert Cohen, the writer-director of Being Canadian, parks outside his old high school. He wants to prove wrong the teacher who told him he’d never amount to anything. He yells (from inside
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The List (Review)
What is it with all these full lengths about legal matters and civil authorities being really bad movies? Or, to put it lightly, having mediocre content. I kind of have to wonder if this is
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Film Review | One Night in Aberdeen (2014)
Film run-time: 24 minutes | Starring David Trimble, Julie Orton, Benjamin Laird Directed by Brett Ferster, Written by Mark Hopkins and Charles Netto, Produced by Jayson Therrien “One Night in Aberdeen“, a 2014 short film
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HUSH (Review)
At the core of this documentary is a debate, “not on the morality of abortion, but on the morality of telling the truth about it”, as one medical expert says toward the end. Filmmaker Punam
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