We discuss two of the best films of 2021, No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed, documentaries that use creative techniques to reclaim lost history.
Canadian cinema
Ep. 92: Sugar Daddy and An Easy Girl: Commodifying women
In this episode, we discuss two recent films directed by women about how women commodify themselves and are commodified by society and the people around them: Wendy Morgan’s Sugar Daddy and Rebecca Zlotowski’s Easy Girl. We ask how these films comment on patriarchal norms without (or if they manage to do so) reproducing them.
HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism
One of Ours is the story of Josiah Wilson, a Black twentysomething born in Haiti where he was adopted by a pair of Canadians — a white mother and an Indigenous father — as he navigates his identity.
HotDocs Review: Archipelago is an animated tour of the St. Lawrence
Archipelago is a documentary that mixes archival footage with animation to tell the story of the land along the St. Lawrence river.
Ep. 89: Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version: Coming of age at forty
This podcast episode explores two wonderful 2020 dramedies, Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version, about women who find themselves at a personal and career crossroads as they approach forty.
‘In the Innu language, every word is an image’: Kim O’Bomsawin on Call Me Human
Abenaki filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin discusses her documentary Call Me Human (Je m’appelle humain) and telling the story of Joséphine Bacon and her friends.