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Chris Landreth’s The Spine airs on CBC on Sunday, May 2
The Spine, the latest film by Oscar®-winning director Chris Landreth, will air on CBC’s Canadian Reflections on Sunday, May 2 at midnight. The film follows the story of Dan and Mary Rutherford, a married couple trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction.
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Impressions of Expo 67 is an 8-minute tribute to Montreal during one of its liveliest and most exciting moments in history – The 1967 World Fair. In honour of the anniversary of that World Fair, we’re showcasing the film all week at NFB.ca, so check out the people, the scenery… and the fashions.
This week, we’re also featuring Brett Gaylor’s award-winning documentary RiP! A Remix Manifesto, in honour of World Intellectual Property Day; The House That Jack Built, an Oscar®-nominated film about keeping up with the Joneses; Pas de Deux, a classic Norman McLaren film in honour of International Dance Day; and Doctors With Heart, a feature length doc about a Montreal AIDS clinic.
“It really helped me to have a deeper understanding of what kind of internal pain and struggle a person goes through when his/her parent loses their life from suicide. It made me realize how important it is for a person to figure out their stories in the healing process, and how it takes a long time to heal from the pain and find ways to grow to help others.”
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For those of you industry pass holders attending this year’s Hot Docs Festival, take note that there are 4 separate NFB Coffee talks taking place this year:
- May 3: Where’s the NFB Headed? with Cindy Witten and Monique Simard, respective heads of the English and French production branches.
- May 4: Digital Doc Production with Rob McLaughlin and Hugues Sweeney, respective heads of the English and French digital production arms.
- May 5: Music Docs with John Walker (A Drummer’s Dream), Garry Beitel (The “Socalled” Movie) and Gaspard Keuntz (We Don’t Care About Music Anyway).
- May 6: Women Directing Social Justice with Stephanie Boyd (The Devil Operation), Raymonde Provencher (Grace, Milly, Lucy… Child Soldiers) and Shelley Saywell (In The Name of the Family).
In addition, the Doc Summit will provide an occasion to discuss the documentary industry’s challenges and opportunities on May 7. Topics include: Reasons Digital Works, How Fair is Fair, Future State, A Canadian Documentary Policy and Where We’re At, Where We’re Going.
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What we’re watching this week
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What we’re reading this week
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As of this weekend (May 1 & 2), all 5,500 films on the Mediatheque’s digital viewing stations are free. Come on in, pick your favourites and settle in for some quality viewing. For more information, visit the Mediatheque’s website.
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On Thin Ice, a doc about a team of scientists chronicling the effects of climate change in the Arctic, screens at the Toronto Mediatheque on Wednesday, May 5. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Admission is free.
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Little Caughnawaga
2010 Match International Women’s F.F.
St. Paul University Amphitheatre, 223 Main St., Ottawa, ON
Saturday, May 1 at 2:00 pm
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Second Stories
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Through a unique mentoring and training process, a group of 12 Aboriginal filmmakers have the chance to hone their storytelling craft with a strong creative team assisting them. Throughout the project, the emphasis is on enabling First Nation filmmakers to tell the stories that are important to them and their communities.
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