April 20, 2008
Hot Docs 2008: Shadow Of Grumpy Burger #8
It might be your last day to get downtown on the TTC today (check our strike status!) so better make the most of it! Our picks from today’s Hot Docs flicks:
12:00 p.m. – Shock Waves (ROM)
1:30 p.m. – Recycle (Cumberland)
5:00 p.m. – Stepya (Innis Town Hall) – pictured above.
6:30 p.m. – Tiger Spirit ( Bloor) – Min Sook Lee returns to Korea to examine the continuing influence 50 years of separation has had upon the divided country.
6:45 p.m. – Nursery University (Al Green)
7:00 p.m. – Junior (Cumberland) – A film about the world of junior hockey without any footage of hockey being played in it!
7:00 p.m. – The Rise And Fall Of Grumpy Burger (Royal) – Marshall Sfalcin wanted to make a film about his family’s claim that they invented fast food, but this isn’t that film: it’s a film about Sfalcin attempt.
7:15 p.m. – Shadow Of The Holy Book (Innis Town Hall)
9:15 p.m. – Corridor #8 (Isabel Bader) – The EU hoped to build a railroad linking Bulgaria, Macedonia and Albania, but it’s ten years from the project began and not much progress has been made. Boris Despodov investigates.
21:45 p.m. – Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides (Cumberland)
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CBC News Sunday features Murray Siple, who filmed Carts of Darkness. He talks about his film and the challenges he had of being confined to a wheelchair while making the film.
Siple is a paraplegic--the result of a car accident more than 10 years ago. He had previously made a documentary film about snowboading. He enjoys those who live at the
edge--and was attracted to the shopping cart
racers.
The segment should re-air tonight on CBC and Newsworld. It was on in the second hour this morning.
Shadow of the Holy Book - bit of a mess which was a shame given the interesting topic.
Wesley Willis's Joy Rides was super.
Nursery University was a hoot. Highly recommended.