Yesterday, Friday evening I went to see a screening at the Vancouver International Film Festival (aka VIFF or “Film Fest”) called In the Wake of the Flood. The film is about Atwood’s latest book tour for The Year of the Flood, and the ecological and sustainability messages she promoted in tangent with the tour. The feature film was preceded by a seven minute short called YesNo. It was inspired by the poetry book of the same name by Dennis Lee, published by House of Anansi Press. The director, Brian D. Johnson, was in attendance to introduce his short and had Continue Reading »
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VIFF 2011: Miss Representation
When the trailer for Miss Representation started making the rounds on social media, I knew I wanted to see it. Fortunately, it screened as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival 2011. This documentary film, written and directed by former actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom, seeks to expose and question the representation of females in the media—particularly modern American culture. So many people grow up without media literacy—truly understanding the political economy of mass media. Modern mass media in the USA (and consequently Canada) is mainly dependent upon advertising revenue, whose sole objective is to sell a product. These advertisements rely Continue Reading »