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BY ANNE BRODIE Jackie Shane was a Black trans singer from the American South whose remarkable personal and musical legacy is revived in the NFB documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. She found refuge in Toronto’s Yonge Street club scene that she loved and that loved back; her …
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By Anne Brodie Chicago native Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama We Grown Now follows two best friends living in the notorious Cabrini-Green projects at the height of its drugs and crime waves. Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez) are spontaneous fun-loving kids, who love to jump …
By Anne Brodie The Monk And The Gun by Pawo Choyning Dorji, which was shortlisted as Best International Feature for this year's Oscars is genius - a compelling, exciting story, the opportunity to experience life in a far distant country with a vastly different culture than our own, and the …
The sad story of Truman Capote's ouster as storyteller and entertainer to the wives of Manhattan's most powerful men continues to make waves today. Much ink has been spilled over Capote, in the 80s considered the greatest living American author, who was banned from the magic circle of dinners at La …
Continue Reading about Truman Capote’s Swans Fought Back When He Betrayed Them. Buckle up!
By Anne Brodie Writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania's innovative style brings to vivid, unforgettable life Four Daughters, a quasi-documentary about a family of Tunisian women mourning the disappearance of the eldest two daughters who were "devoured by wolves". Ben Hania as the real mother Olfa …
Continue Reading about Ambition’s Price, and Being Elsewhere.
