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Darrel Manson

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Song Without a Name – A Steep Climb

Song Without a Name – A Steep Climb

Life is hard for those on the edge of society. It is often made harder by official indifference of authorities. It is even worse when the authorities feel free to take advantage of such people. Melina Le?n?s film Song Without a Name shows just how such injustice can...

The Cuban – Jazzy Memories

The Cuban – Jazzy Memories

?We can?t change the past. All we have left is our future.? The past and future are not so much what Sergio Navarretta?s The Cuban focuses on. Rather it calls us to find life in the present. Mina (Ana Golja) is a young Afghan-Canadian pre-med student who is working at...

A Girl Missing – Spite Hurts

A Girl Missing – Spite Hurts

When a young woman?s life falls apart through a series of events around her, she?s left with nothing?except a plan, not for restoration, but revenge. But we learn that revenge may be just as unsatisfying as the life she has been left with. K?ji Fukada?s A Girl Missing...

Most Wanted – The Cost of Ambition

Most Wanted – The Cost of Ambition

What happens when a big, police inspired drug sting goes bad? Most Wanted, from writer/director Daniel Roby, is inspired by a true story of a Canadian man who was used by the police and left hanging in the wind when things turned bad. Daniel L?ger (Antoine-Olivier...

The Days of the Whale – Leaving a Mark

The Days of the Whale – Leaving a Mark

The streets of Medell?n, Columbia, are the setting for Catalina Arroyave?s debut feature, The Days of the Whale. The streets she shows us are filled with color because of the music and graffiti artwork. But those streets are also places of darkness because of the...