The managing editor of the new Fraser Valley Current Tyler Olsen discusses the outlet, local reporting, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The Media Relations Officer for IHIT (Integrated Homicide Investigations Team) Sgt. Frank Jang discusses his work, the current spate of gun violence in Metro Vancouver, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The playwright and director Derek Chan discusses his new exhibition yellow objects on at the Firehall Arts Centre (11-22 May 2021), that looks at Hong Kong in 2019 and one in the future, with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Anthony Banua-Simon discusses his documentary Cane Fire, a historical and critical look at the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i, with its depictions in Hollywood films and his own family story (playing at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, 06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.
The distinguished filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her seminal 2002 film FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, as it gets screened again as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (until 16 May 2021); the film is a look at the raucous debates in Vancouver nearly twenty years ago, as it struggled to start Canada’s first safe injection site, with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses the new film she’s directed, Koto: The Last Service, that debuts at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021); the film documents the closing of a longtime Campbell River Japanese restaurant, its family at the heart of the film, and the community around it, with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Dominque Keller discusses her new documentary Love: The Last Chapter, depicting love in the later years of six seniors, which is having its world premiere at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Kent Donguines discusses his new short film Kalinga (Care), screening as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), about the reality of Filipina caregivers who are separated from their family to care for other families abroad, as well as the personal and societal impact later on, with Joseph Planta.
The filmmaker Alyx Ayn Arumpac discusses her debut feature documentary Aswang, a critical and powerful look at life on the streets of Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte wages his war on drugs resulting in extrajudicial killings under his watch, that is playing as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.
The acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker Jennifer Steinman Sternin discusses her new documentary Gramma and Ginga: The Movie, playing the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta
The new co-founder and CEO of Overstory Media Group, Farhan Mohamed talks to Joseph Planta about the current media landscape and what OMG intends to do in the near future in British Columbia.
The filmmaker Sheona McDonald discusses her NFB short film Into Light that is currently screening at the Hot Docs festival and from 06-16 May 2021 at Vancouver’s DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, with Joseph Planta.
The historian John Boyko discusses his new book The Devil’s Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War (Knopf, 2021), with Joseph Planta.
The artist and owner of the Gallery George Niina Chebry discusses this year’s ParkerArtSalon, how people can view and bid on the art of over sixty artists who work out of the Parker Street Studios, and more, with Joseph Planta.
The bestselling pop/jazz vocalist Jane Monheit discusses her new album Come What May (Club44 Records, 2021), with Joseph Planta.