Film and TV

Saturday April 14, 2012

The sky is NOT falling

It seems like it's been another tough week for culture.

Telefilm, the body that funds films, is cutting 1.7 million dollars.

There were protests against the NFB cuts.

And the CBC provided more details about program cuts.

Some people protesting the cuts say we are at a point of losing our Canadian identity, but Simon Brault says, "don't panic".

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Saturday February 25, 2012

Allan Hawco at the National Theatre School

The star and creator of Republic of Doyle visits his alma mater and takes questions from the students.

Listen to part of the conversation:

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Categories: Film and TV, Theatre

Saturday February 4, 2012

Uprooted/Déraciné

UPROOTED from Isabelle Hayeur on Vimeo.

The Institut de la statistique du Québec came out with some new statistics this week.

For the sixth year in a row, the city of Montreal is losing population -- more than 22-thousand people in 2010/2011.

Overwhelmingly, people are moving to the suburbs -- the South shore, the North shore, and the Laurentians.

Filmmaker Isabelle Hayeur would like all those people who are fleeing the city to think a little more carefully about who and what they may be displacing when they move out of the city.

She recently released a video called Uprooted (Déraciné) that documents the transformation of the landscape as suburban developers push ever further into rural areas.

Listen to her conversation with Jeanette:

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