A cinematic showcase of black Canadian talent
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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...
The North’s shining stars
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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...
Bouncing between life and death, facts and fictions
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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...
Prairie writing contest sees single Manitoban winner
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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...
The tragic hilarity of hate mail
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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...
The devastating consequences of “tech bro culture”
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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...
Gendering of gadgetry emblematic of a sexist culture
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Virtual assistants today are still pre-programmed to a female-gendered voice.
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