_News: _Latest News
Latest News
+ With Martin Tielli (composer) at Kitchener opening of Payback!
Upcoming openings: Calgary, Saskatoon, Sudbury and San Francisco
+ PAYBACK HELD OVER AT THE CARLTON: FIFTH SMASH WEEK!
Click here for more details.
+ From the abalone farms off the Fujian coast.
+ PAYBACK 4th smash week! Now at the Carlton Cinema and Sheppard Grand in Toronto! Held over at the Granville in Vancouver! More info here.
+ Payback has been held over at the Varsity for a third week! Now at the Granville 7 in Vancouver!
More info here
What is debt? In this cinematic philosophical inquiry inspired by Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, several disparate notions of payback are explored and interwoven, from the “ecological debt” human beings owe to the planet to the “psychic debt” inherent in notions of revenge. Those expecting a straightforward documentary, with facts and figures, about economic debt crises or the inequities of the IMF should look elsewhere. Payback is a meditative, thoughtful exercise that’s far subtler. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, known for her stunning 2006 documentary Manufactured Landscapes, which examined environmental catastrophe through the work of artist Edward Burtynsky, Payback is similarly sophisticated, both visually and intellectually, taking on global issues through an artful lens. – Screen International
Canadian Openings:
March 16 Toronto [Varsity]
March 23 Vancouver [Fifth Avenue]
March 25 Victoria [Cinecenta]
April 20 Ottawa [Bytowne]
April 25 New York [Film Forum]
April 27 Edmonton [Metro]
April 27 Winnipeg [Winnipeg Cinematheque]
May 3 Waterloo [Princess]
May 12 Saskatoon [Broadway]
For more information visit Mongrel Media (Canada) and Zeitgeist Films (U.S.)
+ Reviews
Jennifer and Nick went up to Fort Albany with Joseph and Amanda Boyden, The Tragically Hip and Mark Mattson, the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, to attend the Great Moon Gathering and film the band playing a concert in the high school auditorium. Read article by Joseph Boyden.
+Waterkeeper Event
Jennifer and Nick were proud to be part of the inaugural Waterkeeper Gala, an art auction that raised over 290,000 towards Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's crucial work. www.waterkeeper.ca.
___________________________________________________________________________________
+Payback premieres in World Documentary Competition at Sundance.
+23 1/2 hours has reached over 2 million hits on Youtube.
+WATER – A DOCUMENTARY
Nick and Jennifer are collaborating with Edward Burtynsky on a feature documentary about water along with old friend and producing partner Daniel Iron. The film will explore water on a global scale, focusing in particular on how humans have transformed this vital force into a resource, and the repercussions of our actions. From massive dams to crop irrigation, from aquaculture to aqueducts, from drought to floods, the film will create a space for us to think about water in political, cultural and ecological connections. They have already filmed in Texas, California, Mexico, Denver and Copenhagen and will be travelling to China in April.