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Article Archive for October 2009

Happenings :: Diaspora Film Fest
October 29, 2009 – 9:10 am | No Comment
Happenings :: Diaspora Film Fest

The International Diaspora Film Festival (IDFF) provides Toronto audiences with an opportunity to experience the cultural mosaic of the present world through the medium of cinema.

Post Your Map :: Rayya Haddad
October 28, 2009 – 1:51 am | No Comment
Post Your Map :: Rayya Haddad

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.

Worldtown Hearsay :: The Recession’s Over (If you want it?)
October 20, 2009 – 8:33 am | One Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Recession’s Over (If you want it?)

We trawl the news media so you don’t have to.

Facing the Kool-Aid Recovery with Columbia U. Prof. Dorian Warren [VIDEO]
RaceWire, The Colorlines Blog :: Watch the Video here

Worldtown Hearsay :: The Muslim Hockey Player
October 18, 2009 – 2:54 pm | No Comment
Worldtown Hearsay :: The Muslim Hockey Player

We trawl the news media so you don’t have to.

The Globe & Mail, Focus - Friday October 16th 2009 :: Nazem Kadri: Canada’s new game face

Who’s the ‘Reel Injun’? :: at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival
October 18, 2009 – 1:27 am | No Comment
Who’s the ‘Reel Injun’? :: at the imagineNATIVE Film Festival

TORONTO - “The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media.” Check out: ‘Tungijuq’ & ‘Reel Injun’

Worldtown via London :: Happenings
October 14, 2009 – 12:22 am | No Comment
Worldtown via London :: Happenings

I’ve recently moved to London, officially for Academic purposes, but unofficially to bask in the ultimate Global City and take part in it’s exhaustive list of arts and culture and general weekending inside the city’s heart. London is the bastion of mixing and diffusing, home to every culinary cuisine from virtually every corner of the earth, the premiere fashionista hotspot, and global trendwatching in politics, music and the catwalk.

Bonaa Mohammed :: Green Card
October 8, 2009 – 10:09 pm | 2 Comments
Bonaa Mohammed :: Green Card

Toronto-based MC and Poet Boonaa Mohammed never shies away from sharp words that uncover the harsh realities of immigrant life in Canada and countries of the West. The title of his latest spoken-word video, Green Card - commissioned for the Mayworks Festival of Canada - tells a powerful tale of the unjust and silent truths of immigrant hardships in countries where getting papers is like “winning the lottery”. Watch the video for a little slice of this narrator’s pointed perspective.

Post Your Map :: Tehran Without Distractions
October 3, 2009 – 9:09 pm | No Comment
Post Your Map :: Tehran Without Distractions

We will regularly be presenting a featured artist, writer or performer who is exploring questions of identity and personal narrative through their medium of expression.

The map is your representation. No rigid lines, no defined routes. You direct it on your own account.