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VIFF: Cry Rock & Mammalian

Cry Rock, a documentary at Vancouver International Film Festival

While looking through the Vancouver International Film Festival program guide, I was very interested in seeing both Cry Rock and Mammalian. Ironically, I discovered they were screening together on Monday, October 11th. They both have similar themes — documentaries looking at the language, life, and culture of people in Canada’s Northern communities. Cry Rock is a documentary about the dying language of Nuxalk, which has only a handful of speakers left in the small community of Bella Coola, BC. Less than 15 Nuxalk language speakers and storytellers remain in Bella Coola, British Columbia. One of these elders is director Banchi Continue Reading »

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Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison by Cathleen With (book review)

Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison by Cathleen With (book cover)

Having Faith in the Polar Girls’ Prison is a moving story about a 15-year-old girl who is locked in a prison with her premature baby (named Faith). Narrated by Trista in a stream-of-consciousness style, she tells her past through memories while living in her current situation. Her narrative style and speech shows the reader her weaknesses and mental instability. At times Trista is barely coherent, or downright crude, and other times she is so lyrical in her speech that it’s quite beautiful. Against the stark and haunting landscape of Canada’s Far North, fifteen-year-old Trista chronicles the events of her life Continue Reading »

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