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The playwright and director Derek Chan discusses his new exhibition yellow objects on at the Firehall Arts Centre (11-22 May 2021), that looks at Hong Kong in 2019 and one in the future, with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Anthony Banua-Simon discusses his documentary Cane Fire, a historical and critical look at the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, with its depictions in Hollywood films and his own family story (playing at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, 06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Anthony Banua-Simon discusses his documentary Cane Fire, a historical and critical look at the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, with its depictions in Hollywood films and his own family story (playing at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival, 06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The distinguished filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her seminal 2002 film FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, as it gets screened again as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (until 16 May 2021); the film is a look at the raucous debates in Vancouver nearly twenty years ago, as it struggled to start Canada's first safe injection site, with Joseph Planta.

The distinguished filmmaker Nettie Wild discusses her seminal 2002 film FIX: The Story of an Addicted City, as it gets screened again as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (until 16 May 2021); the film is a look at the raucous debates in Vancouver nearly twenty years ago, as it struggled to start Canada's first safe injection site, with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses the new film she's directed, Koto: The Last Service, that debuts at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021); the film documents the closing of a longtime Campbell River Japanese restaurant, its family at the heart of the film, and the community around it, with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Joella Cabalu discusses the new film she's directed, Koto: The Last Service, that debuts at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021); the film documents the closing of a longtime Campbell River Japanese restaurant, its family at the heart of the film, and the community around it, with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Dominque Keller discusses her new documentary Love: The Last Chapter, depicting love in the later years of six seniors, which is having its world premiere at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Dominque Keller discusses her new documentary Love: The Last Chapter, depicting love in the later years of six seniors, which is having its world premiere at DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), with Joseph Planta.

The filmmaker Kent Donguines discusses his new short film Kalinga (Care), screening as part of the DOXA: Documentary Film Festival (06-16 May 2021), about the reality of Filipina caregivers who are separated from their family to care for other families abroad, as well as the personal and societal impact later on, with Joseph Planta.