National Aboriginal Day 2016 (June 21st) saw announcements of several initiatives that will work to give more of a voice, through film and other media, to the First Nations of this country. CBC Docs (via
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Survivors Rowe (Review with Trailer)
Canadian filmmaker Daniel Roher’s short documentary Survivors Rowe focuses on the man that links the film’s three interviewees: Priest Ralph Rowe. In the 1970s, Rowe came to Angling Lake in Northern Ontario by seaplane to
Continue ReadingLooking Back at DOXA 2016 (with Video)
It was a good year for Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival, which wrapped up on Saturday. How good was it? It was so good that: Most film screenings at the Festival sold out in advance.
Continue ReadingAim for the Roses (Review with Trailer)
Looking for the Ultimate Statement. Ken Carter, World’s Greatest Daredevil. That’s what it’s all about. says Ken (Andrew McNee), as he inspects his car ready to drive/jump from a ramp over the St. Lawrence Seaway
Continue ReadingAiming for the Roses with Devil at Your Heels
(Via Wireservice.ca) The story of stuntman Ken Carter — aka the Mad Canadian — and his attempted leap over the St. Lawrence in a rocket car, aiming for a bed of roses on the U.S.
Continue ReadingNFB @ Hot Docs
Hot Docs 2016 got underway Friday in TO with City of Gold and The Brainwashing of My Dad (which David Berry says can be summarized “Have you ever heard of Fox News?”) Also on offer
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