by david | Mar 21, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Listen in as Eileen talks about her new film A Jihadi In The Family, Islamophobia, brokenness, and the power of real community. See the trailer and read more here. Synopsis Overnight, Calgary mother Christianne Boudreau has a new identity, “mother of a terrorist,”...
by david | Mar 18, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Listen in as Magali talks about the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, the power of film to work towards social change and why she might be a cynic at heart, but still eternally hopeful. TIFF and Human Rights Watch co-present the 13th annual Human Rights Watch Film...
by david | Mar 16, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Peter talks about the ”dialectics of violence”, why cooperation will be essential to our survival as a human race, why he makes films for himself and how capitalism is a killer system. Biography Villon Films was founded by Peter Davis, who has written, produced, and...
by david | Mar 11, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Listen in on our chat today with Jamie Dagg and Rossif Sutherland talking about their new film River, the Mekong and unintended consequences. River opens March 13th – 2016. Read more about the film here. Synopsis – River Accused of murder after intervening in the...
by david | Jan 18, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Maureen talks about her new film Wasted, alcoholism, compassionate evidence based care, why she might have too much empathy and how the world of medicine is changing when it comes to treating addiction. Film Synopsis Filmmaker Maureen Palmer set out to make a...
by david | Jan 8, 2016 | Film, podcasts
Alan talks about his new film Hurt about Steve Fonyo. It’s a fascinating, beautiful and tragic story. Alan talks about the project, cognitive dissonance, brokenness and why he made the film. Film Synopsis First, Terry Fox turned personal tragedy into triumph, and then...