Higher Learning | What Is Democracy?
Perhaps nothing could be more democratic than asking the question “What is democracy?”
Posts Tagged “Higher Learning”
Higher Learning | The Secret Order
Phil Comeau’s The Secret Order plunges us into the world of the Ordre de Jacques-Cartier (“la Patente”), a francophone Catholic secret society. Rigorously researched, the documentary brilliantly explores a little-known aspect of Acadian history.
Higher Learning | Wintopia
Wintopia was born of the many tapes, audio files, and letters that acclaimed filmmaker Peter Wintonick left behind after his death in 2013.
Higher Learning | Conviction: Hearing the Voices of Criminalized Women, and Changing Incarceration
Through the stories of criminalized women and activists campaigning for the rights of female inmates, Conviction offers a rare look at the carceral system, as well as alternative solutions to incarceration.
Higher Learning | RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World highlights Indigenous contributions to North American popular music, including (but not limited to) rhythm and blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll.
Higher Learning | Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kímmapiiyipitssini offers an accurate reflection of the addiction struggles of many of today’s Indigenous communities. Dr. Tailfeathers draws on the resilience of the Blackfoot People as she Indigenizes healthcare and recovery in her community.
Higher Learning | Someone Like Me
Someone Like Me tackles the question: what kind of stories emerge from the collision between queer Africans forcibly dislocated from their nations and their newly adopted Canadian home?
Higher Learning | Unspoken Tears
In Hélène Magny’s documentary Unspoken Tears, Garine Papazian-Zohrabian helps teachers better support these students and promote their mental health.
Higher Learning | TRACES
TRACES is the National Film Board’s immersive, multimedia production for Expo 2020 Dubai. Created by an interdisciplinary team of architects, artists and designers, TRACES is an expansive installation that invites viewers to contemplate the precarity of the environment in the face of human-driven climate change.
Higher Learning | Reel Injun
Reel Injun provides the perfect accent to screening problematic Westerns. The film points to the damage done by the sheer number of distorted images, while also highlighting how messed up the philosophy of manifest destiny was (and is).
Higher Learning | New Canadian Documentary
Check out the first installment in a series for post-secondary classrooms, curated by post-secondary educators, about Canadian Documentary.