“If it’s in life, it should be in the movies”: An Interview with John Sayles & Maggie Renzi
Published in Spring Magazine
Spring Magazine’s Carlie Macfie and Sarah Shahid spoke with legendary independent filmmaker and author John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi on their recent visit to Toronto for Declarations of Independence: The Cinema of John Sayles, a retrospective of their films currently screening at TIFF Lightbox.
Scarborough queer artists challenging oppression through art
সাবধান / SHABDHAN (“careful”) is a collaborative artwork by queer Bangladeshi artists L. Akhter and namrata. Part of the Mayworks Festival, the installation and accompanying poem is displayed at the easternmost Scarborough subway station, central to the homes, workplaces, and lives of South Asian migrant and marginalized people. Spring member Sarah Shahid spoke to the artists to understand the context of the art that explores surveillance faced by Bengali communities.
Palestinian cinema, resistance, and community at TPFF
Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) programmer Dania Majid talks about Palestinian “national” cinema, resistance, and community. Published in Spring Magazine.
