Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 23 December, 2008 at 3:10 pm. It's been filed in the English + My own projects + Raging Grannies category. {1 Comment}
Mémés and Grannies sing in front of Eaton Center
Continuing to shoot our film abut the Raging Grannies and their French-speaking sisters, the Mémés Déchaïnées. Last week we joined Louise-Édith Hébert and Anna-Louise Fontaine as they picked up several other Mémés and brought them down to a rehearsal with the Raging Grannies. They then went over [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Friday 19 December, 2008 at 2:08 pm. It's been filed in the English + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {Share Your Thoughts}
This film which I co-directed with Martin Duckworth, has been playing in three theatres in Montreal and Quebec City over the last few weeks. Martin and myself attended many of the screenings and stayed for Q’s & A’s, sometimes in the company of some of the film’s main characters. We have received many messages stating [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Wednesday 17 December, 2008 at 12:53 am. It's been filed in the Français + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Depuis deux semaines, les journaux et médias électroniques ont beaucoup parlé du film LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA que j’ai co-réalisé avec Martin Duckworth. (Production ONF, Yves Bisaillon et Johanne Bergeron.) Toute cette attention est due en partie à l’excellent travail de notre relationniste Marie-Claude Lamoureux. Je vous reviendrai sur l’impact que toute cette couverture médiatique [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 01 December, 2008 at 1:16 am. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Martin Duckworth et moi préparons actuellement avec l’ONF la sortie en salle de notre film LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA. Martin et moi serons présents à plusieurs des visionnements en salle (Cinéma de l’ONF à Montréal et Cinéma Cartier à Québec, à partir du 5 décembre). Aussi, nous aurons l’occasion d’accorder plusieurs entrevues aux médias. Il [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Tuesday 25 November, 2008 at 11:20 pm. It's been filed in the English + Festivals & public screenings + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Last week Martin Duckworth and I launched the original French-language version of our feature doc LA BATAILLE DE RABASKA - THE BATTLE OF RABASKA, in the framework of the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal. The film tells the story of the four-year fight by groups of citizens against a projected LNG (liquefied natural gas) [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Thursday 20 November, 2008 at 5:40 pm. It's been filed in the Festivals & public screenings + Français + La Croisée des Chemins (working title) + My own projects category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Premières dans les cadres des Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal :
Jeudi 20 novembre, 19h30, Coeur des sciences (UQAM) [200, rue Sherbrooke Ouest]
Dimanche 23 novembre, 16h30, Salle Fernand Séguin, Cinémathèque Québecoise [335, boul. de Maisonneuve Est]
J’achète mon billet. [Billeterie et salles - RIDM]
Pour visionner la bande-annonce et en savoir plus sur le film, visitez [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Monday 06 October, 2008 at 10:59 pm. It's been filed in the ATSA + Français + My own projects category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Annie Roy à l’occasion de l’overture de CHANGE, le nouveau magasin de l’ATSA
Cette semaine nous avons fait un tournage important lors du 10e anniversaire de l’ATSA, l’Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable, sujet du film URGENCE CRÉATION que je fais avec Simon Bujold. Annie Roy et Pierre Allard lançaient une publication et ouvraient en même temps un [...]
Magnus Isacsson published this entry on Sunday 05 October, 2008 at 10:02 am. It's been filed in the ATSA + English + My own projects category. {Share Your Thoughts}
Annie Roy speaking at the opening of ATSA’s new store CHANGE
The other day, we went to shoot an important event involving ATSA (Action Terrosite Socialement Acceptable). To commemorate their 10 years of doing art interventions, they opened a new store, CHANGE. The name has a double meaning, referring to both the spare change they hope [...]
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 05 June, 2008 at 10:40 pm. It's been filed in the English + Festivals & public screenings + My own projects category. {1 Comment}
Radioactive uranium tailings at Elliot Lake.
One of my first films, released 18 years ago, was Uranium, about the radioactive wastes from uranium mining on aboriginal lands in Canada. Not a very exciting title, and there was a reason for it. Faced with intense pressure from the uranium mining industry, the NFB sent a letter to [...]