Arts & Culture

A cinematic showcase of black Canadian talent

By
Grace Anne Paizen
In celebration of Black History Month, the third annual Afro Prairie Film Festival returns to Winnipeg Feb. 19 to 23. The festival supports black representation in film as well as black participation behind the scenes...
Arts & Culture

The North’s shining stars

By
Grace Anne Paizen
I have yet to recover from the sudden passing of Kelly Fraser. But the truth is, we should never recover from it. Mental illness — especially amongst the Inuit and Indigenous peoples — is...
Arts & Culture

Bouncing between life and death, facts and fictions

By
Grace Anne Paizen
The cover of Jennica Harper’s Bounce House, published in late 2019, evokes the image of Carl Fredricksen’s house from the movie Up — carried from the Earth by balloons. The image alone encapsulates shared...
Arts & Culture

Prairie writing contest sees single Manitoban winner

By
Grace Anne Paizen
Award-winning author, local Manitoban and U of M alumna Donna Besel is the sole Manitoban to win a prize in the 2019 Prairie Fire Press and McNally Robinson Booksellers annual writing contest. Broken down into...
Arts & Culture

The tragic hilarity of hate mail

By
Grace Anne Paizen
If you missed the Manitoba debut of Cranks in October, you luckily have a second chance to see the film at Cinematheque. The film is best pitched by adapting the opening lines from Canadian...
Arts & Culture

The devastating consequences of “tech bro culture”

By
Grace Anne Paizen
The short documentary Losing Lena is a dense but educational film that examines how women were pushed out of the tech industry. The film thoroughly explains how women — who were thoroughly involved in the...
Editorial

Gendering of gadgetry emblematic of a sexist culture

By
Grace Anne Paizen
Virtual assistants today are still pre-programmed to a female-gendered voice.
Evan Tremblay
Articles By:

Grace Anne Paizen