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Manga Bears, Latex Pigs and Tireless Activism in Japan’s Struggle for Equality and Queer Acceptance—‘Queer Japan’, dir. Graham Kolbeins, 2019

A head-spinning tour of the many ways in which queerness manifests itself in Japan, from art-forms to infrastructure, from communities to mass media, made with affection for every featured voice

June 23rd, 2020|Country: Canada, Japan, USA|

The Burn of Settler Colonialism In Inuit Tragicomedy Set Amid the Snows—‘One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk’, dir. Zacharias Kunuk, 2019

A historical encounter of an Inuit elder and a settler government official is dramatized with heart, humor, and brutal honesty in a film on the absorption of indigenous culture by the colonial state

May 21st, 2020|Country: Canada, First Nations Peoples, Nunavut Inuit|

Fuzzy Fur and Fuzzier Ethics of Taxidermy: ‘Animus Animalis’, dir. Aistė Žegulytė, 2018 & ‘Stuffed,’ dir. Erin Derham, 2019

Two woman-made documentaries about people’s relationships with dead animals offer looks on the matter from various parts of the world and across the moral spectrum

March 19th, 2020|Country: Canada, Lithuania, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, USA, Zimbabwe|

6 Animated Shorts to See at New York City’s Animation First Festival 2020

Family memories, heart-wrenching puppets, thrilling technological advancements and a lot of dark, delicious humor from the world’s finest animators, including two Oscars nominees

February 2nd, 2020|Country: Argentina, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Tajikistan|

Documenting the Growing Pains of Gay Parenthood Over the Decade—‘Fatherhood Dreams’, 2007, and ‘My Dads, My Moms and Me‘, 2019, dir. Julia Ivanova

Soon after Canada legalized same-sex marriages, Julia Ivanova filmed four gay fathers realizing their liberties. She returned a decade later to see how the dads, their co-parents and kids were doing

January 9th, 2020|Country: Canada|

Avant-Garde Music, Abstract Art, and Good Friends: ‘Do.So’ by Rolando Renè and ‘Trónco’ by Trónco from Torto Editions, 2019

An Italian music label makes a premiere with two records of experimental music. One is a dramatic showcase of string musicians playing dangerously, another—an immersive easy listening experience

December 9th, 2019|Country: Canada, Italy|

Film: Edge of the Knife, dir. Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown, 2018

Filmed with a predominantly indigenous cast and crew and fully in the endangered Haida language, this ethnographic horror is a force to be reckoned with and a magnificent trailblazing effort

October 23rd, 2019|Country: Canada, First Nations Peoples, Haida Gwaii|

Music: Laetitia Zonzambe, Sanza Soul, 2017

A singer's resilient voice serves as a reminder that the Central African Republic isn't just about war and poverty, but has quite a cultural heritage that is reimagined for the contemporary audience

October 10th, 2019|Country: Canada, Central African Republic|

Film: Hero, dir. Frances-Anne Solomon, 2018

A biopic of an extraordinary Trinidadian lawyer whose life spanned some of the most fascinating events of the 20th century, which doubles as a primer on the history of the Pan-Africanist movement.

July 5th, 2019|Country: Cameroon, Canada, DR Congo, Ghana, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom|

Book: Tristan Roulot and Denis Rodier, Arale, 2019

An alternative history, where Rasputin is the one doing purges instead of Stalin, with the use of technology

May 4th, 2019|Country: Canada, Russia|

Book: Andre Alexis, Days by Moonlight, 2019

February 6th, 2019|Country: Canada, Trinidad and Tobago|

Book: Emily Jungmin Yoon, A Cruelty Special to Our Species, 2018

October 19th, 2018|Country: Canada, South Korea|

Film: The Stairs, dir. Hugh Gibson, 2016

October 11th, 2018|Country: Canada|

Book: Marcello di Cintio, Pay No Heed to the Rockets, 2018

September 13th, 2018|Country: Canada, Palestine|

Art: Zombie Boy aka Rick Genest

August 29th, 2018|Country: Canada|