Having been there during the G20, images of Toronto becoming a war zone—burning cop cars foregrounded by throngs of protestors clashing with riot gear-clad police—are burned into my mind. It was a dark time for the city, and it raised serious questions: when is it truly necessary to take a
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Art Threat: We must remember war in order to stop it – Friday Film Pick: Come and See
For Remembrance Day watch Klimov’s classic anti-war film COME AND SEE.
Continue readingArt Threat: New Nordic Documentary Cinema – Identity and belonging made visible
To describe the topic of Nordic documentary cinema as unexplored would be an understatement.
Continue readingArt Threat: Remember Burma? – Friday Film Pick: Happy World
A short while back, Bryan Farrell, who also writes for WagingNonviolence, told Slate readers about a short web doc called “Happy World.” A peak inside the bizarre dictatorship currently gripping Burma, the doc blends satire and observation to reveal the absurdity of the ongoing regime. The film lacks real analysis, but is a solid compendium […]
Continue readingArt Threat: Politics play prominently at the 54th Venice Biennale
Water is the political motif for a significant number of works and death stalks the corridors of the Venice Biennale.
Continue readingArt Threat: Occupy Montreal & Toronto — Videos from the Media-Coop – More videos of the growing movement North of the 49th
And here are some artfully assembled videos from ‘occupy’ movements in Canada. Enjoy these, too. More media, testimony, photos and coverage can be found at the Media Coop.
Continue readingArt Threat: Occupy Wall Street on Vimeo – A selection of some recent videos of the NYC manifestation
Three beautifully shot Occupy Wall Street videos.
Continue readingArt Threat: “Pipe Dreams” hits screens – U.S. documentary maker takes on the Keystone XL
American filmmaker, Leslie Iwerks, has turned her attention to Canada once again in her new film “Pipe Dreams.” In 2009, Iwerks produced two documentaries — “Downstream” and “Dirty Oil” — that were critical of the health and social impacts associated with the Alberta oil sands. This year, the Academy Award nominated director is shedding light on the environmental battle […]
Continue readingArt Threat: Heaven and Earth, VIFF’s Environmental Film Series – Tend to your green thumb at the Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver’s largest film festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, is set to begin today. With 300+ films showing over 16 days, and hundreds of volunteers coming together to make it happen, it’s no surprise that this time of year becomes the “what are you seeing at VIFF?” time of year. If you’re looking to spend […]
Continue readingArt Threat: Haunted animals – New doc project explores animal suffering
Liz Marshall, the director of Water on the Table, is working with photographer Jo-Anne McArthur on a new cross-platform documentary about the price animals pay as subjugated, commodified and oppressed beings in the human-controlled global industrial capitalist system. The blurb: THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE is a cinematic point-of-view documentary and an immersive educational online […]
Continue readingArt Threat: 28 films on 9/11 and its impact on our world
Over the past decade, filmmakers across the globe have tackled issues that have come about as a direct consequence of 9/11 and the United States’ response to the attacks.
Continue readingArt Threat: Evolution of the hipster – Hilarious short pokes fun at cultural conformity
I just came across this, and it is too hilarious to pass up. The engimatic ‘Glove and Boot’ puppeteers have produced a short poke at the evolution of the hipster. Enjoy.
Continue readingArt Threat: Yoko Ono puts bed-in doc on Youtube – Last day to watch "Bed Peace"
Yoko Ono has put a 70 minute documentary about Ono and Lennon’s “bed-in” for peace in Montreal online for one weekend. Today is the last day to watch the doc – at midnight it will be taken down. From Ono: Dear Friends, In 1969, John and I were so naïve to think that doing the […]
Continue readingArt Threat: King and Queen of the Road – Friday Film Pick: You Never Bike Alone
Get naked. And bike on the road where the cars dare to roll.
Continue readingArt Threat: Blue Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Gaza Strip
An award-winning 2002 documentary on Gaza from filmmaker James Longley is now available on line.
Continue readingArt Threat: How the audience disillusions itself
As the UK deals with the phone hacking scandal, Canada is also pondering the role of its mass media, thanks to a CTV bureau chief publicly expressing his disgust at the business after he quit his job. The two instances are related because at the heart of both is an audience that devours pure information.
Continue readingArt Threat: Jesus freaks, jew-haters & Guinea pig savers – Friday Film Pick: David Modell – A Passion for Faith, Death and Freedom
Christian born agains, radical animal rights activists and neo nazis – sound like the USA? Nope, it’s the land of lovely cups o’ tea, Great Britain.
Continue readingArt Threat: The beauty and agony of home – A conversation with God’s Lake Narrows artist Kevin Lee Burton
Kevin Lee Burton talks about his new interactive web project, the politics of storytelling, community and belonging.
Continue readingArt Threat: The art of ‘pakour’ in Gaza – Overcoming obstacles in Kan Younis refugee camp
‘Pakour’, or FreeRunning, is the acrobatic art of running through cities and overcoming obstacles on the fly — or like a fly, because sometimes it seems like traceurs (slang for those who practice pakour) can defy gravity. It is thrilling to watch, and no doubt even more thrilling to do. I just discovered this great […]
Continue readingArt Threat: The art of ‘pakour’ in Gaza – Overcoming obstacles in Kan Younis refugee camp
‘Pakour’, or FreeRunning, is the acrobatic art of running through cities and overcoming obstacles on the fly — or like a fly, because sometimes it seems like traceurs (slang for those who practice pakour) can defy gravity. It is thrilling to watch, and no doubt even more thrilling to do. I just discovered this great […]
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