Alanis Obomsawin

Insightful Commentary from and on the Canadian Film World

Host Wanted in North, Women in Film, Danger in Retrospect, TV in Post Office

July 7, 2015July 7, 2015Today's Top StoriesAlanis Obomsawin, Eastlink TV, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, MFM, Music and Film in Motion, The Romeo Section, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival

“Eastlink TV is on the lookout for a volunteer host for a brand new show focusing on entertainment in Northern Ontario,” MFM reports, and it starts later this month, so if this sounds like you,

3 Strong Finishers Across Canada: See the Clips

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015FestivalsAlanis Obomsawin, Burden of Peace, Cinema Politica, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Indie Films Fernie, The Wanted 18, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Til the Cows Come Home, Trick or Treaty

Cinema Politica is wrapping up its winter semester on April 8th with Til the Cows Come Home, a documentary on the protests against the closing of the prison farm in Kingston, Ontario, in the summer

3 Canadian Clips You Need to Watch Today

March 19, 2015March 19, 2015Today's Top Stories, VideoAlanis Obomsawin, Coded, Comox Valley Art Gallery/TIFF Winter Film Series, NSI, Relative Happiness, Storyhive, Trick or Treaty

Relative Happiness trailer. What it is: Glimpse of a “little Canadian movie” that, according to Tara Thorne of The Coast “offers up something special: a woman we all know.” Why you need to watch it:

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