Ottawa – Vibrant new NFB productions have been launched.
Starting August 23
Sounds & Pressure: Reggae in a Foreign Land by Graeme Mathieson and Chris Flanagan (2024, NFB) – PREMIERE
Documentary series (5 x 15 min)
Press kit: mediaspace.nfb.ca/epk/sounds-pressure
Toronto’s Paradise Theatre will also host a special screening and launch event on August 22. Details
SPECIAL PROGRAMMING – CULTURAL AND SOCIAL EVENTS
THEMED CHANNELS AND BLOG POSTS
To mark Pride celebrations across the country, including Public Service Pride Week, August 19–23
- Blog post by collection curator Camilo Martín-Flórez:
- “Three Landmark 2SLGBTQIA+ Films from the NFB’s Vault”
This post looks back at a trio of acclaimed films that pushed the boundaries of 2SLGBTQIA+ cinema in Canada: Albert Nerenberg’s Escape to Canada (2005), about same-sex marriage; David Adkin’s Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth (1993); and Fernand Bélanger and Dagmar Teufel’s Passiflora (1985), an experimental portrait of Montreal’s “otherness.”
- “Three Landmark 2SLGBTQIA+ Films from the NFB’s Vault”