Joyce Jonathan Crone a Haudenosaunee, Mohawk, Turtle Clan from the Huntsville area in Ontario is, amongst many things, an activist, columnist, radio show host, writer and member of the Indigenous Advisory Council of the Ontario Provincial Police. She is founder of the Hope Arises Project which is committed to promoting a connection to Indigenous cultureContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: Citizen Minutes: “Red Girl Rising””
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Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “MAMA”: An Artistic and Creative Approach Chronicling the Nastiness of a Breast Cancer Experience
Ecuadorian Ana Cristina Benitez has crafted a creative if not poetic and hypnotic documentary about her battle with breast cancer. A late diagnosis of stage three breast cancer sets in motion an exhausting and debilitating round of chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed by a mastectomy. We are a fly on the wall spectators watching her receiveContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “MAMA”: An Artistic and Creative Approach Chronicling the Nastiness of a Breast Cancer Experience”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “The Track”: The Impossible Possibility
Sarajevo, the Bosnian-Herzegovina host city of the 1984 Winter Olympics, was under attack during the 1992-95 war. Street fighting, shelling and snipers made the city a dangerous place. While “peace” was attained Catholic, Bosnian and Serbian killings continue at a far lesser scale and the haunting memories of the war left no true peace. TheContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “The Track”: The Impossible Possibility”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Walls – Akinni Inuk”
Having watched documentaries “Twice Colonized” (2023) and “Angry Inuk” (2016) I was expecting the Greenlandic Danish documentary “Walls – Akinni Inuk” to be infused with anger about the mistreatment of Greenlandic Inuk within the Greenlandic prison system. I saw no anger but frustration with the judicial system incarcerating Ruth in Greenlandic custodial detention for 12Continue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Walls – Akinni Inuk””
RKS 2025 Film: “Treadmill”: The Never-Ending Run of Aggression and Repression
Fiftyish Dimitra lives in Athens with widowed mother Rea. Dimitra has ordered a treadmill which Rea disproves of. It can’t fit in the flat unless several objects are moved so it rests out on the balcony for the time being. We often hear families are dysfunctional but do we know what that term means? ItsContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Treadmill”: The Never-Ending Run of Aggression and Repression”
RKS 2025 Film: “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse”
Watching the Mexican horror film “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse” be prepared for a film like you’ve never seen before. Chalked full of suspense, horror, comedy with The Book of Revelations and the seven trumpets thrown in made more compelling by superb black and white cinematography, costuming and an adaptive soundtrack. Salvador (Farid Correa), 17,Continue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse””
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking”
“Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking” is the third Viveka Melki documentary exploring sex trafficking and in this documentary the focus is on Western Canada exploring the experiences of Mallory (photo above) trafficked at 19, Raine trafficked at 12 and Charlie trafficked at 8. Their stories are profoundly disturbing including the trauma suffered duringContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking””
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?
There has been a long history of police brutality towards blacks in the United States. Perhaps a “modern” starting point for many might be the severe beating Rodney King suffered at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 and of course the notorious police murder of George Floyd in 2020 an incendiary device for BlackContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?”
RKS 2025 Film: “Electra”: Light, Fluffy and Slightly Comedic Buffered by Dark Storm Clouds!
Watching the American Italian production of “Electra” expect a mix of comedy and satire bound by dastardly deeds with a beautiful double-cross twist of an ending which no doubt will have you grinning ear to ear. Accomplices Lucy (Abigail Cowen) and Dylan (Daryl Wein) pose as photographer and journalist to interview self absorbed and hedonisticContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Electra”: Light, Fluffy and Slightly Comedic Buffered by Dark Storm Clouds!”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show
The Canadian National Film Board documentary “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance” traces struggles encountered by Canada’s queer community from the 1950’s to the present day. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Canadian queerdom was a shameful and disgusting aberration for the straight community. In 2025 it remains as such but only for a minorityContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show”
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