The simple beauty of the Shakers’ carefully-crafted buildings and furniture has left its mark on American design. But who founded this movement, one that included upwards of 6,000 followers at its height in the 1840s? This question compelled director Mona Fastvold to develop a biopic billed as a musical, The Testament of Ann Lee. The…
When she arrived in the West Bank in 1967, Marylène Schultz did not know Arabic. She became fluent even as the Palestinian orphans in her care came to live in her heart. These children – Yousef, Ruweidah, Amar and Hosson, to name a few – come alive in her memoir of everyday life at the…
The light-hearted documentary Will & Harper follows a road trip Will Farrell and Harper Steele take after Harper plays high stakes in the test of their friendship. Their journey is sparked by an email that drops into Will’s inbox. Harper, 61, writes that she “is old now and will be transitioning to live as a woman.”…
What leads to the eruption of physical violence – the fist fight, the storming of the Capitol, the bombings, the kidnappings of hostages? What does it take to change the entrenched stories that keep “them” apart from “us”? How do you bring sworn enemies to the same table to discuss peace? These are the questions…
Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel Women Talking was recognized for its powerful screenplay in the recent Academy awards. In her acceptance speech, Polley said: “A young woman delivers the last line of our film to a new baby, and she says: ‘Your story will be different from ours.”’ “It’s a promise, a commitment…
And who might they have sent, that holy trinity of a jazz trio improvising with intent, to carry you from this home to that? No fluffy cloud, rose-tinted for you or childish cherubs with useless little wings.
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