Marie Nelson leaves top job at Hot Docs
Charlie Smith
July 11, 2024
Nelson was hired as president of Hot Docs in July 2023 after a four-year stint as a senior vice president of ABC News.
Category: People
Five films to get to know the dark and twisted world of Japanese director Takashi Miike
Staff
July 9, 2024
Since the mid-2000s Miike has mostly produced chanbara—sword-fighting films—finding a home for his violent imagery in Japan’s feudal past.
Brainy Serrini gains cult-like following with charismatic stage presence and bold lyrics
Charlie Smith
June 27, 2024
Serrini, a Hong Kong singer and songwriter, is looking forward to her first performance in Canada in November at the Jade Music Fest.
Filmmaker Chen Yi Jung adapts Freud’s study of Dora into virtual reality experience that promotes empathy for his patient
Charlie Smith
June 25, 2024
The famous psychoanalyst concluded that Dora suffered from “hysteria” triggered by sexual desire—a diagnosis that many now feel was sexist.
Indigenous musician and writer Christa Couture re-imagines travel for the blind and partially sighted through Postcards From…
Charlie Smith
June 17, 2024
Because of the audience on AMI.tv, Couture knows that she has to describe locations in ways that resonate.
Peranakan Chinese choreographer Yvonne Ng navigates connection and belonging in excerpt of Wéi 成为
Charlie Smith
June 12, 2024
Ng is looking forward to two performances of this tiger princess dance projects show at the Dancing on the Edge festival in Vancouver.
Stevie Wonder’s Ghanaian citizenship reflects long-standing links between African Americans and the continent
Staff
June 7, 2024
The global superstar’s desire for African citizenship took root during his tour of the continent in the 1970s.
Bears’ Lair founder Geena Jackson helps Indigenous entrepreneurs walk a shared path to prosperity
Charlie Smith
June 1, 2024
Jackson is executive producer and one of the judges on the APTN Indigenous reality show, which begins its second season on June 4.
The mother of African dance at 80. Why Senegal’s Germaine Acogny is so influential
Staff
May 26, 2024
Acogny was one of the first African dance makers to openly disrupt the European norm of a white, rail thin, weightless female dancing body.
Lua Shayenne integrates African traditions with her own values in Yassama and The Beaded Calabash at JUNIOR
Charlie Smith
May 17, 2024
The founder and choreographer of Lua Shayenne Dance Company draws upon her Bahá’í faith when writing shows for children.
Jade Music Fest in Asia singer-songwriter Straw Lim describes Pulang album as her love letter to Malaysia
Charlie Smith
April 26, 2026
The Grid vs. The Grove: High Park’s Hidden Geometry
Paige Wen
April 26, 2026
Anna Yin: Victoria, The Poetry Garden
Staff
April 24, 2026
Rising star Sebastian Gaskin dishes on musical influences, “Brown Man”, and headlining Jade Music Fest in Asia
Charlie Smith
April 22, 2026
The Sandbox shows how asylum seekers became guinea pigs for our modern surveillance society
Charlie Smith
April 19, 2026
Local music scenes across Canada depend on post‑secondary music programs
Staff
April 18, 2026
Saigon Story breathes wisdom and insights into famous photo that helped define Vietnam War
Charlie Smith
April 17, 2026
Drew Hayden Taylor draws on Morrisseau forgeries to expose hidden truths in Undeniable Accusations
Charlie Smith
April 17, 2026
Cathy Xinman: Falling Petals
Cathy Xinman
April 16, 2026
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