A revolutionary on death row, as seen through her lover's song, her
psych report, her videotaped messages, her teenage diaries... Starring Susan Box and Tom Scholte.
produced with the assistance of the Canada Council
Music Video for The Strange Magic, from their new album "Songs to Burn."
Shot at the Railway Club in Vancouver. The amazing archival footage comes from Archive.org.
The Railway is the most terrible place to shoot in the world. The space between the tables and the stage is about 2 feet, and this is usually filled with people either dancing or sitting, depending on the mood. In either case the band is at a half-step above eye-level and the camera lens takes up half the distance between my eye and theirs!
Jez and Shandy move to Vancouver from Ottawa but their love
struggles against work, money, Jez's new friends, and the
time-distorting drug Catnip. Starring Rebecca Harker and Peter Grier.STILLS
CLIPS
MP3
INTERVIEWS
The First Machinima Documentary
AVATARA is not a cartoon. It's a documentary about an Internet subculture who spend their lives immersed in an online 3-D voice-chat program called "Digitalspace Traveler." (Created with 536: Jeremy Turner and Donato Mancini)
Made in Pakistan with Canadian Crossroads International, CIDA and SAP,
this segment shows the difficulty of film production across cultures,
and turns the television war on its head.
These below are a little older, and I don't have any info of my own on
the web about them. But they're still worth mentioning.
ROAD
MOVIES (CBC / Why Not?,
26 ep’s, Hi8)
Unique TV
Series exploring Canada through short documentaries produced by young
Canadians.
Traveled solo with no budget and produced short segments highlighting
Canada’s
diversity and unity.
Orchard
ran for leader of the federal PC party in 1998. The video recaps his
struggles
over the last decade to fight free trade and the Americanization of
Canada.
Dr Stanley
Coren, world dog intelligence expert (who testified at OJ Simpson's
trial),
explains how to test your dog's intelligence and ranks the various
breeds.
BORDERTOWN (The Buzz / Rough
Cuts, 48 min, Hi8)
An in-depth
study of NAFTA and its effects on the countries involved. Shot in
Mexico, Canada, and the U.S., the film examines the Maquiladora program
and the FTA. Recently netcast by Working
TV. Partially funded by Newsworld's Rough Cuts, aired on TVO's
Panorama
and Maine's Cavanaugh's Corner, screened at the Columbus, Intercom, and
Labortech Film Festivals.