Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 24 September, 2008 at 7:13 am. It's been filed in the English + My own projects + Raging Grannies category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Myself and Martin Duckworth filming the Grannies in Vermont.
I am still working on my film about the Raging Grannies, the movement of elderly women fighting for peace, social justice and the environment with satirical songs and the occasional guerrilla action. I have decided to edit some of the Grannies’ songs as music videos, and so [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Thursday 18 September, 2008 at 7:01 am. It's been filed in the Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Exposition Méta-Morphosis
My friend the excellent D.O.P. Stefan Nitoslawski, who received the prize for best direction of photography at Hot Docs in 1999, also works with experimental and artistic photography, studying the anatomy and movements of the human body in evocative photographs. The beautifully textured result is reminiscent of Norman McLaren’s ‘Pas de Deux.’ [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Saturday 13 September, 2008 at 10:50 am. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + Other diretors' completed films category. {2 Comments}
Isaac Isitan avec une des travailleuses, Celia
Je viens de voir un très bon film sur la prise de contrôle d’une usine de vêtements en Argentine par les travailleurs, et surtout travailleuses. Un film réalisé par Isaac Isitan et co-produit avec Carole Poliquin, pour Isca Productions. C’est dans le contexte de la crise économique terrible de [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 09 September, 2008 at 6:40 pm. It's been filed in the English + Other diretors' completed films category. {1 Comment}
Rivens, father and sons
The other day I went to see an excellent documentary directed by Eric Scott and produced by my friend Frederic Bohbot and Evan Beloff of Bunbury Films, here in Montreal. The film is called ‘Leaving the Fold’ and it’s about young people who have left their Orthodox jewish families and culture to [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 03 September, 2008 at 10:12 pm. It's been filed in the Documentary debates + Français category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Paul Lapointe
Je vous avais parlé, avant de partir en Europe, de la projection fantastique de Robert Lepage, ‘Le Moulin à Images’, dans le cadre du 400e de Québec. Voici la réaction de mon ami Paul Lapointe. Il a longtemps travaillé pour l’ONF avant de devenir producteur indépendent et de fonder la compagnie Érézi en octobre [...]