Editor’s Note: #CanCon
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On November 5, 2012, I sent an email to a group of women with the subject line: “A semi-formed idea.” Would people be interested in starting a film journal, one centred on feminism? This was the ask. Everyone said yes. Over the next six years, that semi-formed idea would become cléo journal. It would become […]
Roundtable: Reflections on the Canadian Film Industry with Shasha Nakhai, Molly McGlynn and Ella Cooper
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Canadian filmmakers Shasha Nakhai, Ella Cooper and Molly McGlynn reflect on their career paths and discuss what it would take for the Canadian film industry to become a truly equitable and inclusive space. Shasha: I started working in the industry after I graduated from journalism school nine years ago; I interned as a researcher at a […]
An Interview with Ella Cooper of Black Women Film! Canada
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Black Women Film! Canada is a leadership program and collective dedicated to forwarding the careers, networks and skills of filmmakers and media artists who are Black female-identified. Based in Toronto, the program was founded by Ella Cooper: artist, filmmaker, educator, and community organizer. As evidenced by her leadership of BWF!, Ella has an ingenuity that permeates […]