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Invisible City (trailer) - Industry Pictures / Shine Films / NFB


A new film from Academy-award winning director Hubert Davis about Toronto's Regent Park.
Winner of Hot Docs 2009 Best Canadian Feature award. Follow the film on Facebook.





"2 or 3 things I know about romanticism"
(12/2/09)

"Cinema's consciousness of time"
(11/25/09)

"Mission statement"
(11/30/09)



these links
Jerry Waese
Martin Bresnick
Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie
Art of Time Ensemble
Critique and Disclosure: Critical Theory Between Past and Future


Michael Sandel on "The Claims of Community" - Harvard



Harvard philosophy professor Michael Sandel discusses the obligations we have to groups in
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? – Episode 11: "The Claims of Community".




Stan Chu Ilo: Canadian Samaritans for Africa


Stan Chu Ilo, author and co-founder of Canadian Samaritans for Africa,
speaks about his group's water project in Nigeria, which is improving living
conditions and transforming the lives of people there.





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Wim – Part 1 (2009)

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An interview with the legendary filmmaker Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club).
Parts 2 and 3 are available at http://www.youtube.com/thesefilms





WMDYW? (2009)


A young woman stops in a city park and discovers something she can't quite put into words...
Choreography by Ashley Sanderson, with music by Feist & Martin Bresnick. 4 min. 30 sec.





Fifteen Heterosexual Duets (first movement)


A stunning dance performance by Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie. Choreography by James Kudelka.
Music performed by the Art of Time Ensemble (Beethoven's Sonata No. 9 for violin). Approx. 12 minutes.




Nikolas Kompridis: Technology's Challenge to Democracy


"Re-opening (and preserving the openness of) the question of what it means to be a human being."
Keynote to the ASCP's December 2008 "Post/human Condition" conference in Auckland. 1 hour, 4 minutes.



Evan and the Viper (2007)


Evan desperately wants a remote control car, and is willing to do just about anything to get it.
Produced at York University. Approx. 8 minutes.




Search (2005)



A philosophical road trip to Google's headquarters.
Produced at York University. Approx. 15 minutes.