Spikey has two mommies. A light-hearted look at the joys and anxieties of lesbian parenting.
Filter Films
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A tough drag queen enters a seedy bar and shows a straight dude what she’s made of when he starts harrassing her.
Peanuts and Pumps
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The imagery of “Canal“ captures the activity of freighters, ship’s crews, dock workers and the historical masonry that the original Welland Canal was constructed from… The film is about going into my “own world of youth” and spontaneously documenting the canal environment as an adult. “Through Kerr’s use of both colour and black and white film stocks, selectively chosen to contrast present with past events, and also through his combination of imagery and text, he invokes the canal as a living presence. The canal itself becomes witness to all events that have occurred or will occur along it. Returned to over and over in ‘Canal’ is imagery of the passage of massive forms of freighters and rock formations as they enter the film frame, swell out to its edges, then ’empty out’ the frame in slow, deliberate movements. The film frame itself becomes a ‘lock’ for the flow of present images – particularities of light, texture and rhythm – as they reverberate in the memory of the filmmaker.” – From the program notes for “The Frontier,” PBS Buffalo
Canal
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One morning, Tallulah Bighead discovers she’s out of Head Stick ’em, the sticky goo that holds her watermelon head on her tiny neck. Helped by her oddball cats, Tallulah struggles to keep her head from falling off and getting into mischief.
Head Stick ‘em
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This simple and engaging animated film tells of an event which changed the course of French history in North America: the deportation of the Acadians, or “neutralist French,” from Nova Scotia by the English and Americans. The French Canadians are burned out of their homes, displaced to Louisiana. The image of soldiers/oppressors transformed into children’s toy soldiers has been called one of the most quietly powerful moments in animation history. The anger and poinancy of “Reveille” is enhanced by a haunting Acadian folk song.
Réveille (Wake Up)
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Relationships are never simple. Something as seemingly simple as “friend” is complex and layered. Through personal Super 8 footage, the filmmaker examines his relationship with someone who is more than “just a friend,” uncovering the things that held the two together and the things that drew them apart.
Friend
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In 1994, film director Steve James introduced the world to his documentary “Hoop Dreams.” The film follows two inner-city teenagers on the courts of Chicago, who dream of playing professional basketball. Those same dreams are explored right here in Canada in “Skingames”, as the NBA dream is now one step closer since 1995 expansion agreement that welcomed the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies as the 28th and 29th teams to the NBA. With the changing demographics and the NBA presence in Canada comes growing concerns that thousands of black kids are being drawn away from the classroom and toward the playing field and courts. Many of them, living for the day when they’ll sign their first pro contract, are spending countless hours working on their game with little thought to their future when their playing days are finished. The students in the documentary “Skingames” reveal that they are recognized as outstanding participants, but their academic involvement is often viewed suspiciously. This prevailing attitude cannot be attributed solely to the games participants, nor to the schools. It is a reflection of society in general.
Skingames
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Designed as a companion piece to “Canadian Pacific.” Shot from a window two storeys higher, on the fourth floor of the next building east from the artist’s studio of the previous year: December 1974 to February 1975. Can be projected alone or in double-screen format with Canadian Pacific.
Canadian Pacific ll
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A western Canadian cult favorite, this film introduces the Screaming Banana in a testosterone-filled animated film about confusion, escapism, and directionless rage.
I Can’t Go Home
