CiTR Documentaries

The death of Robin Williams sparked discussion about the seeming link between comedy and depression; but what role does stand-up play in catharsis and healing for Vancouver’s comedians?

Produced by Nick Pannu for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

Delving into the murky, oblique domain of contemporary “free speech” movements, this documentary wrestles with the real-world implications of online culture wars. Using unofficial UBC student group the Free Speech Club as a case study, it aims to examine and understand the personal motivations behind modern right wing discourse. Who are the people engaged in an ideological war with progressives? Peeling back layers of internet irony and anonymity, we hear from victims of online harassment alongside self-confessed trolls and a former white supremacist.

Produced by Cal Murray for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

For most, introducing ourselves becomes second nature early in life. Names are not things we think twice about. But if you ask anybody, their name probably has a meaning and a backstory. For some reason or another, these backstories have been neglected — collecting dust in the back of our brains. This documentary explores the family name of Vancouver-based artist, Joshua Badu, to uncover how much profundity a name can hold. Let’s sweep the dust off the story of “Badu” and ask: what’s in a name?

Produced by Rachel Lau for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

Lhamo & the Princess is the story of an undefinable relationship that began in Lhasa, 60 years ago. In the last days of Tibet’s sovereignty, a young girl named Lhamo is chosen for a life of servitude. Under Tibet’s entrenched class system, Lhamo is bound to serve a local aristocrat. With reverence, she refers to this aristocrat not by name, but by the title “Princess.” Though beautiful, the princess is cruel. Lhamo resigns herself to a fate of belittlement and abuse, until a massive change redirects her course.

Produced by Alex de Boer and Kunsang Kyirong for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

Join us for a conversation with Julian Napoleon who shares insight and stories of his experience on the land. Julian is a part of the working group for Indigenous food sovereignty, explaining what his role is and exploring what that means in his own world view through story.

Produced by Mario Parent for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

Join us for a conversation with Julian Napoleon who shares insight and stories of his experience on the land. Julian is a part of the working group for Indigenous food sovereignty, explaining what his role is and exploring what that means in his own world view through story.

Produced by Mario Parent for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

A few months ago, Oli Levy got a message from a stranger online. Somebody had been using his photos on Facebook, and using his friends photos as well. It was a parallel universe of internet profiles, all teenagers, following his life over the past 6 years. This is a story of stolen identity, teenage drama, and an online relationship gone wrong.

Produced by Claire Smale and Josh Gabert-Doyon for CiTR Docs Season 2. Find more info here: http://www.citr.ca/radio/citr-documentaries/

In oral history and aural travelogue, broach the radio psyche! At any given time, you can conceive CiTR’s identity according to the audio-production it airs. Inextricable from the station’s programming are its “carts” — PSAs, promotions, advertisements — churned out by a rotating body of programmers, volunteers, and hobbyists. Host to accessible equipment and subcultural cache, CiTR has been a lightning rod, collecting the effulgence and psychic-runoff of UBC and Vancouver’s finest.

The “carts” are a rich text, what Nardwuar the Human Serviette once called the “the life, the blood, the sweat, and the real expression of CiTR”. In montage, collage, and close listening, we can tease out a dialogue between CiTR and the outside world, encompassing satire, punk, noise art, and more. Featuring interviews with CiTR alumni, production professionals, artists, theorists, and the peanut gallery, this is but a brief adventure into the unfolding lineage of amateur radio art that is CiTR production. Brought to you in living stereophonic sound.

This documentary was produced by Jonathan Kew. He is a section editor at Discorder Magazine, and hosts Kew it Up, Wednesdays 3-4PM on CiTR 101.9FM. He enjoys techno.

There exists the story of a Sasquatch who roamed Musqueam Territory in the area now commonly known as the UBC endowment lands.This radio documentary explores the story of this Sasquatch from a Musqueam perspective. We ask the question: are Indigenous peoples in the modern westernized landscape, merely a myth? If a tree falls in the forest and no one sees it fall, is the story of its fall less real?

This project was produced by J Peachy, a local community-engaged visual artist, and radio producer. He has produced independent radio that has broadcast on CJSF 90.1 FM, CFRO, Nuxalk Radio, CJMP. J Peachy created two shows on CJSF, has won local radio awards as well an NCRA Award Winner for a Homelessness Marathon Production during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

The UBC Thunderbirds are arguably the most decorated sports program in Canada. Last year, Blake Bill, former football coach for the Calgary Dinosaurs, led the ‘Birds to a thrilling Vanier Cup victory to bring the team back to relevance. But 33 years before that, coach Frank Smith developed the football program and built the team into a Western Canadian hegemon. This documentary explores his team’s rise from perennial boxing bags to 1982 and 1986 Vanier cup champions using audio from CiTR archives, interviews with key players, and coverage by the Ubyssey in the 80’s.

Producer: Olamide Olaniyan

Olamide is a third year UBC student double majoring in Economics and Political Science. He got involved at the station when he started his show, Soul Sandwich, and has since fallen in love. He is interested in the ways that we can tell sports stories and the ability athletics has to affect culture. This is his first dive into radio documentary.