documentary
Manufacturing the Threat exposes how policing upholds power in Canada
May 15, 2023Content warning: mentions of Islamophobia, colonialism, and racism. Canada’s façade of tolerance and freedom is stripped away in a new documentary called Manufacturing the Threat. It’s the first feature-length documentary that explores the infiltration of marginalized communities by agent provocateurs, revealing the dark underbelly of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS). It premiered on May 6 as part of DOXA Documentary Film Festival screenings, and it’s a must-see for understanding how colonial power is upheld in Canada. The film’s director, Amy Miller, has been making documentaries “in the spirit of justice” since 2008, and her documentaries have been screened at…
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New comedic docuseries reclaims “killjoy”
February 21, 2023Just as the word “snowflake” has been weaponized by conservatives, “killjoy” is another word that has been historically used to silence those who question authority. Documentarist Shana Myara knows what it’s like to be called a killjoy, which is part…
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True crime entertainment should be more ethical
October 27, 2021Content Warning: mentions of death, violence, and disappearances When a true crime case becomes infamous on social media, there is a tendency for it to be turned into entertainment through popular media. As of 2020, true crime is the “third-most…
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SFU student wins Nora and Ted Sterling Prize for work on fat activism
September 12, 2018Layla Cameron, a journalist, fat-stigma activist, filmmaker, and PhD student at SFU is this year’s recipient of the Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy. She is being awarded for her work on body size and image issues.…
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Blurring faces and leaping salmon
September 3, 2018Anonymizing faces without losing emotion A team of researchers, which includes those from SFU, are working to improve the way individuals are anonymized for television. Anonymizing faces in news broadcasts or documentaries usually involves pixelating, blurring, or blacking out…
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Co-Creators’ themes captivated audiences at DOXA 2018
August 1, 2018Lonnie Nadler, author of The Dregs has produced a feature film over the course of four years of work. And it is phenomenal. The documentary, called Co-Creators: The Rat Queens Story got accepted into Vancouver’s DOXA festival this…
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Films to look out for this year at DOXA
May 4, 2018Maybe you’re too broke or busy to travel. Thankfully, DOXA is here again to show you the globe. DOXA, Vancouver’s documentary film festival, returns this year with unexpected and incredible films from across the world. The festival is…
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I Am Not Your Negro exposes the reality of being Black in America
February 20, 2017Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X. Medgar Evers. These are the names of influential civil rights activists who fought to overcome racial segregation in the United States in the 1960s. These names are familiar, showing up in history books as…
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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival 2017: Preview
January 16, 2017The 13th year of this diverse festival of performing arts from near and far is once again presenting a variety of innovative dance, theatre, and music to entertain and inspire all types of audiences. PuSh runs from January 16 to…
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CINEPHILIA: Life, Animated exposes the limitations of a Disney ending
August 2, 2016Life, Animated, based on the book of the same name, is about Owen, a young boy with regressive autism, who learns to communicate through Disney movies. With the precision of a calculator, Owen can recite every line from every animated…
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