Arthur is making our Twitch livestream debut on April 1st, 2021, at 8:00pm with our First Annual Fundraiser and Telethon! Over the upcoming days, we are aiming to hit our 2021 fundraising goal of $10,000.
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Robert Gibson reviews Jerry Rothwell's The Reason I Jump. This film is adapted from Naoki Higashida's 2007 memoir on growing up as a non-verbal autistic person. The Reason I Jump explores these themes, weaving together individual stories and challenging ableist myths and stigma around autistic people who require a high degree of support. Gibson writes that this film accomplishes the difficult task of bringing the audience into the minds of neurodiverse people with respect and care.
Katie Pedlar discusses Kim O'Bomsawin's impactful new documentary, Call Me Human. This film follows Innu poet Joséphine Bacon, though she rejects the title as "poet" does not exist in Innu-aimun. As part of a generation grappling with the effects of centuries of violent oppression, Bacon's work serves to nourish Innu language, resisting colonial suffocation of Innu language and culture.
Janine Joseph reviews canadian director Lulu Wei's 'There's No Place Like This, Anyplace' a documentary about the famous and grand Honest Ed's--a landmark in Toronto's downtown. The fall of Honest Ed's is the story of gentrification and this documentary is a clear snapshot of the ever looming force of condo development and rent hikes in Canada's largest city.
Arthur Newspaper returns for a very spooky edition. Spooky as in, you know, Hallowe'en and also Head of The Trent. This issue, your editors bring the annual Trent University homecoming right to your page. Including "Overheard at Head of the Trent", a snapshot of missed connections during the rowing regatta. Plus, you scream, I scream, we all scream as the student union met for the first time this academic year. Inside, co-editor Evan Robins reflect on celebrity death and worship in a time of global turmoil, Abbigale Kernya opens up about her failed vegetarianism, and Arthur journalists investigate, interview, poke and prod everything from films to professors.
In the first instalment of "Arthur Movie Night Film Club On Cinema at the Cinema," we congregate and watch our first pick 1999 Cool Cymru club classic Human Traffic.