Title of documentary: Lowland Kids Director: Sandra Winther Year: 2019 Length: 22 minutes Keywords: Loss; Climate change; Family; Indigenous; Siblings; Home; Adolescence; Resilience Link to watch the movie: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/05/08/lowland-kids/ “What are you gonna miss about this place?” Juliette asks her brother, as dusk illuminates their figures running across the wetland. “Everything, man”, Howard answers solemnly.Continue reading “Alina Tork – Lowland Kids Review: the Last Teens on a Vanishing Island”
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Brogan Simpson – Where You Are in The Sea: where can you hide? Review
Title of Documentary: When You Are in The Sea: where can you hide? Director: Jack Jones Published By: Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) Production Date: October 2019 Length: 21:44 Keywords: fishing; migrants; rescue; ethnography; Greece; Sikamineas; Lesvos; Nobel; displacement; borders; place Link: https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/2825/2799 The film “When You Are In The Sea: where can you hide?”Continue reading “Brogan Simpson – Where You Are in The Sea: where can you hide? Review”
Kayla Seto – In The Absence Review
Title: In the Absence Director: Yi Seung-Jun Producer: Gary Byung-Seok Kam and Field of Vision Year of Release: 2018 Length (duration): 28 minutes Keywords: South Korea; Tragedy; Ferry; Documentary; Archival Footage; Loss; Anti-government protest Link(s) to watch the film: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2020/01/21/in-the-absence/ *Disclaimer: the subject manner of this documentary includes death, loss and injustices that may makeContinue reading “Kayla Seto – In The Absence Review”
Marcel Petruzzelli – Baraka Review
Directed by Ron Frick, 1992 (98 Minutes) Documentary; Non-narrative; Nature; Relationship; Diversity; Global; Spirituality; Religion Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/TRBJSKSBy-w Baraka is a brilliant film in which awe-inspiring scenes from 24 different countries are synergistically combined with entrancing music. I admire this film for its amazing content, but I am also impressed by the dynamicContinue reading “Marcel Petruzzelli – Baraka Review”
Gabrielle Lucier – Because We Are Girls Review
Director: Baljit Sangra201985 minutesSexual assault; Childhood; Punjabi-Canadian; Sexism; Family dynamics; Immigrant family; Trauma; Sisterhood https://www.nfb.ca/film/because-we-are-girls/ Film review by Gabrielle Lucier Baljit Sangra’s Because We Are Girls follows the story of three sisters who seek justice at the Supreme Court of British Columbia regarding years of sexual assault by a male relative decades before. The sisters,Continue reading “Gabrielle Lucier – Because We Are Girls Review”
Robert Kennedy – Review of Between: Living in the Hyphen
Key words for this film: Ethnicity; Culture; Individuality; Canadian Identity; Struggle Film link: https://www.nfb.ca/film/between_living_in_the_hyphen/ Title: Between: Living in the Hyphen Length: 43:46 Director: Anne Marie Nakagawa Year released: 2005 Between: Living in the Hyphen is a National Film Board of Canada documentary film released in 2005, directed by Anne Marie Nakagawa. Its a mediumContinue reading “Robert Kennedy – Review of Between: Living in the Hyphen”
Eloise Dion-Lafortune – Yok Anasinin Soyadi (Mrs. His Name) Review
Title of documentary: Yok Anasının Soyadı (Mrs. His Name) Director(s): Nande Cayir Year of production: 2012 Length (duration): 17 minutes Keywords: Names; Identity; Women Issues; Marriage; Tradition. Link to watch the film: https://vimeo.com/48432993 Eloise Dion-Lafortune “There are a lot of subjects to film, couldn’t you find anything else?” This line is one of the firstContinue reading “Eloise Dion-Lafortune – Yok Anasinin Soyadi (Mrs. His Name) Review”
Brigitta Davidson – Crip Camp Review: A Disability Revolution
General Information Duration: 1h 46min Directed by: James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham Executive Directors: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama Keywords: disabilities; activism; 1970s; discrimination; revolution; neurotypical; youth; sex *Watch Crip Camp Here* “[Camp Jened] allowed us to recognize that the status quo was not what it needed to be.” –Judy Heuman, activist Crip Camp (March 2020) documentsContinue reading “Brigitta Davidson – Crip Camp Review: A Disability Revolution”
Emma Courtney – Birth of a Family Review
Birth of a Family (2017) (Canada, 45 min.) Dir. Tasha Hubbard Keywords: Sixties Scoop; Indigenous; Adoption; Family; Connection Film can be found here: https://www.nfb.ca/film/birth_of_a_family/ Film reviewed by Emma Courtney Review: Birth of a Family Like most of Canada’s history of injustices against Indigenous peoples, the Sixties Scoop is an event which had and hasContinue reading “Emma Courtney – Birth of a Family Review”
Connor Baldwin – I am Yup’ik Review
Title of documentary: I Am Yup’ik Directors: Daniele Anastasion and Nathan Golon Year of production: 2016 Length (duration): 17 minutes Keywords: Basketball; Sport; Alaska; Toksook; Bethel; Indigenous; Youth; Yup’ik; Tournament; Islanders Links to watch the film: Available on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/273912854 and ESPN: https://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=14832535 Link to trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJgWg_H4qik Film review by: Connor Baldwin Ever wonder whatContinue reading “Connor Baldwin – I am Yup’ik Review”
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