Stevie Salas, an American / Canadian Apache, world-renowned musician, and polymath, has a stunning resume as an award-winning guitarist for, among others, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, George Clinton, Public Enemy, T.I. and Koshi Inaba. He joined writer-director James Burns to create …
A Week for Indie Winners Covering Issues and Entertainments of the Moment.
By Anne Brodie Rising star, writer, director, and actor Devery Jacobs, a Mohawk from Kahnawa, tackles coming-of-age on multiple levels in This Place. Jacobs plays Kawenniióhstha setting out on a voyage of self-discovery that brings her to Toronto after a lifetime on the reservation. She grapples …
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Strap Yourself in for a BUSY Screening Weekend with Tom Hanks and Kristen Stewart as Diana, Princess of Wales
By Anne Brodie Kristen Stewart is absolutely, freakishly, Diana, Princess of Wales in the imagined and much-anticipated biopic Spencer. Diana's clipped, dense accented speech is perfect, her carriage, and physical tells and intense eyes, all revived in Stewart's spookily realistic portrayal of a …
Timely and Powerful Indigenous Films, Celebrating Geraldine Chaplin, Royal Wedding Redux and Tantoo Cardinal!
Geraldine Chaplin and Jackie Ludueña Koslovitch in Holy Beasts By Anne Brodie Canada, drop everything and see Beans in theatres. This heart-tugging drama about a little girl caught up in a vicious cycle of racism and struggle is all too true. Images from July to September 1990, in Oka, …
Mohawk Writer-Director Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s Heartbreaking MMIWG Drama a Must See.
Lake Delisle and McKenzie Deer Robinson in Rustic Oracle By Anne Brodie Sonia Bonspille Boileau’s Rustic Oracle available on Demand Nov 17 is the story of an indigenous teenager who goes missing on her reservation. The tragic poignancy of the event and aftermath is all too familiar. …