Healing for the Nations is a captivating animated short that uses striking imagery to encapsulate the heartbeat of Canada. It does an excellent job contrasting Canada’s natural landscape with symbols of its industry: dynamic pencil drawings move across the screen at a rapid pace moving from frozen tundra and rocky shores to farming equipment, fishing boats, oil rigs and skyscrapers, kayak transportation in the north and a breathtaking caribou hunt.
The talent of the animator, Christopher Angus, is crystal clear. He deftly uses soft pencil crayon and watercolours and prominent black outlines to create a whole host of icons, often associated with Canada, as well as dizzying rotating maps. The sound scape is riveting, moving listeners everywhere, from freezing winds to sounds of city traffic.
The upbeat coastal fiddle music, indigenous percussion, and bagpipes reveal the many cultures in Canada. This is complemented by the sewing of a blanket of international flags supported by two courageous Indigenous chieftains. At times wistful, given the fact that Canada is indeed in need of healing, the film ends with a rather optimistic outlook. Perhaps the hope is that Canada’s heart will be sown together because of, and not in spite of, its multicultural nature.
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Logline A Double Life unveils the gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971. Forced into a life on the run, Bingham spends 13 years underground, eluding capture while fiercely determined to clear his name.
Short Synopsis A Double Life unveils the gripping true story of Stephen Bingham, a lawyer accused of passing a gun to prisoners’ rights leader George Jackson in 1971. Forced into a life on the run, Bingham spends 13 years underground, eluding capture while fiercely determined to clear his name. Through a mesmerizing blend of firsthand accounts, rare archival materials, and poignant interviews, the story traces Bingham’s astonishing odyssey. As he battles inner demons, seeks new meaning and love, and navigates a world of danger, the film sheds light on his unwavering quest for justice and redemption against all odds.
This film is as much about Steve/Robert as it is about his times. The turbulent era of civil rights, student rebellion, and state surveillance forms the backdrop of a personal story of a man who managed to remain focused on his values and ideals through multiple disruptions and tragedies. The story is told through the multiple perspectives of his friends and colleagues in both the US and France, as well as family members both alive and dead. It is also a generational story, of the tensions that arise when worldviews collide between parents and their children, mirroring wider divides in the society at large. And it is a love story, of Steve and Françoise, who had to make a choice to risk everything. To tell this complex story spanning eras and continents, the narrative weaves back and forth between present and past, through a combination of verité treatments and archival, to unveil a drama of racial injustice, state surveillance, family jealousi es and political divides.
The film has a lyrical quality when Steve and others are reflecting about the times, the decisions, the challenges and the obstacles that have to be confronted after 13 years of a life on the run. Walking in the Vincennes forest in Paris, Steve learns to say his given name again. Paul Harris, part of Steve’s legal defense team, reflects on why people are willing to risk everything to return home as we drive through a dark tunnel, taking us into the heart of complex decision-making.
This is a story that needs to be told. It is powerfully relevant in the present era of social unrest and activism, when we as a nation are struggling to come to terms with the truth of our own dark past. In this contemporary climate, we have much to learn from the life stories of people like Stephen Bingham. It is not only a film of his times, it is a film for our times.
Angelina Jolie (August 23, 2014 – April 13, 2019) (divorced, 6 children) Jennifer Aniston (July 29, 2000 – October 2, 2005) (divorced)
QUOTES:
[on what keeps him humble] You know, I telephoned my grandparents the other day, and my grandfather said to me, “We saw your movie.” “Which one?”. I said, and he shouted, “Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?”. I thought that was just classic. I mean, if that doesn’t keep your feet on the ground, what would?
I’m one of those people you hate because of genetics. It’s the truth.
Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.
[Time magazine, October 13, 1997] You shouldn’t speak until you know what you’re talking about. That’s why I get uncomfortable with interviews. Reporters ask me what I feel China should do about Tibet. Who cares what I think China should do? I’m a f—ing actor! They hand me a script. I act. I’m here for entertainment. Basically, when you whittle everything away, I’m a grown man who puts on makeup.
When you see a person, do you just concentrate on their looks? It’s just a first impression. Then there’s someone who doesn’t catch your eye immediately, but you talk to them and they become the most beautiful thing in the world. The greatest actors aren’t what you would call beautiful sex symbols. I’ll tell you who my favorite actress is, Dianne Wiest, and you wouldn’t call her a sex symbol. Dianne Wiest is, to me, the most beautiful woman on the screen. [when asked by Conan O’Brien how he got into character as stoner Floyd in True Romance (1993)] I’m a method actor.
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