We are all responsible for Omar Khadr
My review of the new documentary, “You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo”
Hot Docs and Coca-Cola
Hot Docs has signed a deal with the devil, facilitating greenwashing for one of the worst corporations in the world.
Report from Hot Docs: Bhutto, Budrus, and a questionable contract with Coke
Hot Docs has careened down the path of screening outstanding documentaries, facilitating frenetic networking and busting out boozy social gatherings for a 17th time this year. One of the largest documentary film festivals in the world, it is an understatement to say that the festival is intoxicatingly exhausting. Five days in to the ten day extravaganza, I do have some notes to share on the parties, the people, the films and the ethics of the festival itself. First the parties: The opening night fundraising extravaganza at the ROM was a…read more
Promo Video for Challenge for Change Book
The video above was made by Sarah Spring as a promotional tool for the book I co-edited and co-authored, Challenge for Change: Activist Documentary at the National Film Board of Canada.
Catching a breath as winter ends
Portraits, puddles, and piles of rest (for at least a few days).
Spring renewal – the work continues as the sun appears
Epic papers, book launches and new offices: Spring has sprung again!
New trailer video for the Challenge for Change book
A new book trailer for a new book…
POV Magazine – Special issue on education
It’s a busy month already: a book about to be launched in a few weeks (see last post), finishing up my Second PhD comprehensive exam (hopefully, fingers and discursive tentacles crossed), and the new POV Magazine is out with an article I wrote on documentary as a tool for education. The cover is pictured at the left so you can spot it on the newsstands – it comes out this week across Canada. If you can’t find it in the meat world, you can go to the virtual source and…read more
The book I worked on for three years is now on Amazon
The book I’ve laboured on for three years is on pre-sale at amazon.ca.