As the leaves change and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to dive into captivating stories. This week on “What She Said,” host Candace Sampson brings a lineup of guests who share tales that resonate with everyone, from young readers to seasoned bookworms. Phyllis Webstad: A Story of Resilience and Understanding We kick off with the incredible Phyllis… View Post
Baroness Von Sketch troupe star Carolyn Taylor had a dream. A waking dream. She was in her car when Whitney Houston’s anthem I Have Nothing came on the radio and lit a spark. It carried Taylor away with a fantasy of staging and choreographing a Gold Medal skating routine to the song, starring herself. Did she know about music rights,… View Post
By Anne Brodie Write director Darlene Naponse’s Stellar gets under the skin in record time. It takes place inside a dilapidated bar in Sudbury near the nickel and copper mines formed by a meteorite hitting Earth 1.8 billion years ago. “Aadizookaan” from the sky it came. Mother Earth willfully split the ground beneath the lake. Serpents swam again in this… View Post
Marie Clements takes her acclaimed film Bones of Crows to series to expand on the story of an Indigenous woman’s struggles following a childhood of heartbreak and abuse. She was forcibly and legally removed from her childhood home and placed in an abusive residential school. We follow Aline, played by Grace Dove, over her lifetime and find that even as… View Post
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Braeden Clarke star as He and She, in Darlene Naponse’ Stellar; strangers drinking and talking in a bar in Sudbury, in a place not their own. Various odd characters come in and out, and the bartender played by Rossif Sutherland serves up the drinks. Conversations are far-reaching, odd, and disturbing. Looking out the bar’s front window they… View Post
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