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Big cash and a lavish lifestyle don’t always buy you happiness, as shown in Julia Ivanova’s new documentary Limit is the Sky. The Russian-Canadian filmmaker follows six young people in their search of a new life in Fort McMurray, the North Canadian oil-city of extreme richness and ruthless weather. The documentary shows us the dreams…
The Rock, Paper, Scissors exhibition is being shown in the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre during the 150th anniversary of Canada and on the 75th anniversary of the internment of Japanese-Canadians. Cindy Mochizuki’s exhibit visualizes a time long ago and moves forward into a destiny not yet known. Although her works often live in…
Food and culture are part of a new travel documentary series from Vancouver-based film production company QE Productions. It is hosted by American author and adventurer Allan Karl, who will traverse several countries on his motorcycle and spend 30 days in each one. The pilot for the series, planned as several one-hour episodes, will first…
The Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site wants to revitalize a part of history with a 10-minute documentary. Hardship and Hope: The Story of the Chinese Cannery Workers in Steveston is a historical overview to help explain what brought these individuals to B.C. and what they experienced here. It shines a light on living conditions in…
Vancouver is not a new city, and a series of exhibitions titled c’əsnaʔəm, the city before the city seeks to challenge this misconception about a region that has been occupied for 9,000 years. The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) is one of three sites that seek to fill in this gap of historical and cultural knowledge…
Welcome to Strathcona’s East Side, which – for six decades – was Vancouver’s first and only black neighbourhood. It is a vital part of Vancouver’s history that many are unfamiliar with; but the Black Strathcona Interactive Media Project is changing this by providing a glimpse of what this once thriving community was like from the…
Documentary to inspire revolution
Revolution, the documentary that sounds the alarm about humanity’s present self-destructing trajectory, will open in Vancouver theaters April 12, during Earth Day celebrations.
The festival expects to have hundreds of moviegoers fill seats in the 10 day festival. [Read more…]
From August 25–28 the Pacific Cinémathèque of Vancouver will show the We Demand film series which will focus on three key words from the past 40 years: history, sex, and activism. [Read more]
