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Jumbo

By (author) Stephens Gerard Malone
Categories: Historical fiction

A work of historical fiction following the prized African elephant who stole the show of the Barnum & Bailey Circus — and the hearts of people around the world — exploring exploitation, unrequited ...

Indigenous Media Arts in Canada

Edited by Dana Claxton & Ezra Winton
Categories: History of art

Indigenous and settler scholars and media artists discuss and analyze crucial questions of narrative sovereignty, cultural identity, cultural resistance, and decolonizing creative practices.

Humans are ...

A Stunning Backdrop

By (author) Mary Graham
Categories: Performing Arts

Alberta’s magnificent landscape has served as a popular location for filmmakers since the dawn of the movie industry. For film pioneers, Alberta embodied the myth of the Great Northwest, a primeval ...

Canadian Performance Documents and Debates

Canadian Performance Documents and Debates provides insight into performance activities from the seventeenth century to the early 1970s, and probes important yet vexing questions about Canada as a country ...

On Inuit Cinema | Inuit TakugatsaliuKatiget

Since the invention of moving pictures, countless Inuit have worked in front of and behind the camera. The diversity and complexity of this body of work makes capturing and conveying its full scale a ...

Screening Nature and Nation

By (author) Michael D. Clemens
Categories: Ethnic studies

The documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada, an institution profoundly woven into Canada’s cultural fabric, not only influenced cinematic language, but their stunning portrayals ...

Text and Context

By (author) Richard Greenblatt
Categories: Performing Arts

Based on original techniques developed by actor/director/playwright Richard Greenblatt and sprinkled with personal anecdotes, Text and Context: The Operative Word is an invaluable handbook that offers ...

Glorious Birds

By (author) Heidi Greco
Categories: Performing Arts

Harold and Maude is a cockeyed love story that stretches the definition of a May/December romance, and revealed the fact that love can indeed be blind to matters of age or appearance. Glorious Birds takes ...

Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

By (author) Sarah MacKenzie
Categories: Indigenous peoples

Despite a recent increase in the productivity and popularity of Indigenous playwrights in Canada, most critical and academic attention has been devoted to the work of male dramatists, leaving female writers ...

Falling Into Flight

By (author) Kaija Pepper
Categories: Psychotherapy: counselling

Falling into Flight offers insight into a life experienced through the arts: first as a young enthusiastic dancer, then as a thoughtful dance critic. After her parents die, Kaija starts psychotherapy ...