
Hideko Takamine at 100: six of the Japanese actor’s films that captured a nation in flux
Performances by Takamine are like time capsules, offering insights into changing roles and expectations of women in a rapidly evolving Japan.

Performances by Takamine are like time capsules, offering insights into changing roles and expectations of women in a rapidly evolving Japan.

CBC Gem’s Sleep With Me features two queer characters—one who uses a wheelchair and the other with sleep disorder—who fall in love.










Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society created Toronto Spark to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.