Articles tagged with: film
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The filmmaker Teresa Alfeld discusses her new documentary The Rankin File: The Legacy of a Radical that will screen at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival (03 and 08 May 2018), the life of Harry Rankin the left-wing firebrand who dominated Vancouver politics in the post-war years to the 1990s, as well the interviews she did with those who were close to and on opposite sides to Rankin, with Joseph Planta.
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The artistic director of the ACT Arts Centre Curtis Pendleton discusses this week’s Maple Ridge Festival of BC Film (23-25 March 2018), the films shot in British Columbia showcased, and her new role, with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed filmmaker Mina Shum discusses her new release Meditation Park, which she wrote, directed and produced, about the journey a Chinese Canadian wife in her sixties undertakes when she soon discovers her husband’s infidelity, with Joseph Planta. The film opens in Vancouver and Toronto Friday, 09 March 2018.
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The filmmaker Carmen Pollard discusses her Knowledge Network Original film For Dear Life, a documentary about James Pollard’s final years as he’s diagnosed with terminal cancer, and how he plans for his death and burial, with Joseph Planta. The film airs Tuedsay, 06 March 2018 at 9pm on the Knowledge Network.
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The filmmaker and a producer on the forthcoming Gemini, a finalist at the Crazy 8’s Film Festival, Phil Planta discusses the filmmaking challenge of producing a short film in eight days, his work in film thus far, and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The filmmaker and assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan Tasha Hubbard talks to Joseph Planta about her film Birth of a Family, screening at SFU Woodward’s Wednesday, 24 January 2018 as part of the Aabiziingwashi (Wide Awake) NFB Indigenous Cinema Tour.
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The filmmaker Christopher Auchter discusses his short film The Mountains of SGaana, screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Haida culture and more, with Joseph Planta.
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The acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer discusses his new documentary feature Unarmed Verses, about a low-income housing block in Toronto that is being redeveloped, and the immigrant families who are affected, in particular a charismatic young girl named Francine Valentine, with Joseph Planta.
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The writer, director and producer Marie Clements discusses the musical documentary film she wrote and directed, The Road Forward, which runs at the Vancity Theatre in Vancouver beginning 14 July 2017, with Joseph Planta.
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The journalist and educator George Orr discusses his new film Talk!, screening Saturday, 03 June 2017, a documentary on news and talk radio in Vancouver, featuring the remarkable journalists and broadcasters like Jack Webster, Pat Burns, Rafe Mair, George Garrett, Warren Barker and others, with Joseph Planta.

