documentary
Full disclosure: I became a little enamoured with the Raging Grannies the moment I found out about the group, so I was eager to watch Granny Power from the start. A decade in the making, this documentary stars several members of the Raging Grannies. What started in 1987 as a small group of women in […]
Brazilian photographer Jefferson Mello said it was the mid-90s when he first noticed the similarities between jazz and samba. Nearly a decade later, he has exhibited the two styles side-by-side in his documentary Samba & Jazz. Making jumps between Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans, Mello features established musicians from both locales in elegantly shot […]
Each year at a private farm just outside Meaford, Ontario, devotees of the new and unorthodox in sound production converge for the Electric Eclectics festival. The three-day festival brings experimental musicians and sound artists together with those seeking noise that falls outside the mainstream. In her first feature-length documentary, Toronto-based director Nika Belianina gives those […]
When I requested a viewing for Helen-Haig Brown’s My Legacy, I expected to find it a compelling artwork. I did not expect to find any personal connection to it. I found both. Haig-Brown has created a film that addresses large topics of residential school legacies, trust, depression and love, while at the same time taking […]
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