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[Film] Not A Problem To Be Solved
On Countering the Individualization of Mental Illness through Community Resilience by: Elise Yoon Content warning: suicide, mental illness On December 8, 2021 at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Hong Fook Mental Health Association hosted a movie screening of Hong Kong-based film, Mad World. The event was a fundraiser for Hong Fook and an opportunity to have…
[Film] Jesus is dead/Patay na si Hesus
Director: Victor Villanueva, Philippines 2016 Philippines, 2016 / Rated 14A / 90:00 / Tagalog, Bisaya with English subtitles / Canadian Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Jesus is dead is a film about a family’s journey to bury an ex-husband and father. Iyay (Jaclyn Jose) assembles her children: Jude (Chai Fonacier), Jay (Melde…
[Theatre] In Sundry Languages at the Toronto Fringe Festival
Cover Photo by Henry Heng Lu By Grace Phan The stage in Theatre Passe Muraille’s Mainspace is bare aside from a simple tripod, camera, and flat screen T.V. setup stage right. A little upstage of the camera sits a piano and mic. The murmurs of excitement from the audience on opening night tickle your ears, the…
[Theatre] From the Heaviness of Life to the Lightness of Death: Diana Tso’s Spring Moon
Header image courtesy of Wenting Li By Wilma Lee Following a piano piece interwoven in major and melodic minor arrangements, seven women sing a Chinese folksong. Three grandmothers and their granddaughters: the Song, Lee and Chan families gather together to perform an annual Chinese ritual — Ching Ming Festival — with three bowls, three sets…
From Age to Age: Spring Moon
Header photo courtesy of Yuli Scheidt By Jasmine Gui In a culture where youth is prized, and the elderly are most often forgotten, Spring Moon not only dramatizes stories of Chinese seniors, but casts Chinese seniors to tell them as well. Presented by the Mixed Company Theatre as part of The InterGEN Project, written by Diana Tso…
[Film] Reel Asian Micro Reviews 2016
Many P40 members attended various Reel Asian movie screenings across their two week programming schedule. We’ve rounded up some micro-reviews for the events that we made it to! Kim’s Convenience Industry Panel (11/09) Mirae Lee: If I spent the last five weeks laughing at Appa’s jokes on my own from my laptop screen, I…
[Feature] Creating Complicity: Swan by Aaron Jan
by Jasmine Gui SPOILER ALERT: The following feature contains spoilers relating to the play. As the lights dim, the sound of an unidentified female voice narrating draws us into the world of ‘Swan’. This encounter is also a confession. The distinct clarity of a single voice that draws us in is, however, gradually replaced…
[Theatre] Swan by Aaron Jan
By Grace Phan Coming into Theatre Passe Muraille’s intimate backspace, the ambiance is already gently eerie. The ambient sounds underscore the conversations around you and, as soon as those lights go down, you’re taken on an intense ride from start to finish. Interweaving descriptive narration and dialogue keep you on the edge of your…