Archive for April, 2008

Good news comes in…ones?

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Doc Side, Skool | No Comments »

While suffering the blow from the Canada Arts Council (for the second time, a jury didn't rank Cinema Politica high enough to receive funding) and going to Hot Docs to ... Read more..

On the RIDM 2008 Pre-selection Committee

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Doc Side | No Comments »

Yesterday I had lunch with the incredibly experienced and calm André Paquet (at right), who has been programming Montreal's Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) for the last three ... Read more..

Svetla and yours truly try to explain what it is we do at Cinema Politica

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Mediactivism, Skool, überculture | 1 Comment »

Concordia prof, activist, filmmaker and friend Liz Miller recently finished her documentary on the privatization of Highland Park's water services in Detroit, Michigan, called The Water Front. We screened the ... Read more..

What is radical pedagogy?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Pedagogy | 2 Comments »

I don't usually post other articles or essays in their entirety, but this one is pretty good and not too long, and since this is one of my few professed ... Read more..

April 4th, Snow

Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in New Media | No Comments »

For all of you reading this in parts of Canada that isn't experiencing snow - take a look at the view from my apartment this morning and remember how good ... Read more..