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First round of interviews in Xela, Guatemala
I’ve been in Guatemala for the past week and half, traveling the country, organizing my thoughts and itinerary. This is my first time in Central America and I have gone on a hiking tours, walked the cobblestone streets of Antigua, and run errands in Guatemala City. I have also been reading some articles of interest,…
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Reading Response 4
Last semester I was to capture b-roll for a documentary that I was either currently working on or could imagine making. I went to the the West Village on a cloudy Spring day, trying to capture the mood of a neighbourhood I had been studying, in the context of the AIDS epidemic. I walked the…
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Colombia Day Festival in Queens (Jackson Heights)
It’s no secret that I love Jackson Heights. One of the more compelling reasons for this is the historic importance the neigbourhood has for the Colombian community. I can’t help but be fascinated by the stories of migration of Colombians, and wonder if they mirror my own family’s migration to Canada. From what I gather,…
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The NuWest Steambath
The Nuwest Steambath (2007) is a historical short-documentary, first screened at Vancouver’s Queer Film Festival- Out On Screen, which investigates the life of The NuWest Steambath, the Vancouver region’s first suburban gay sauna, through the account of its owner, Dennis.
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Occupy Wall Street Art Exhibit in images, Oct.09.2011
Day 23- occupation of Wall Street, was sunny and packed with people . An interesting development is the occupation of a huge space right in front of the NYC Stock Exchange, I don’t know how they pulled this off, but they’ve converted it into an immense art space. Here are some of the works on…
Julian de Mayo 