Monthly Archives: November 2018

Melanie Wood: “People need to be heard when they’re sick”

November 22, 2018Arts, Health, MediaDocumentary Filmmaking, HOpe Centre, Melanie Wood, Mental HealthMartin Bauman

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When Melanie Wood set out to tell the story of the HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, British Columbia, she didn’t know what to expect. A documentary filmmaker based in Vancouver, she had been used to telling stories of people whose voices had often been neglected. Her documentary A Stranger In Our Home told the story … Continue reading Melanie Wood: “People need to be heard when they’re sick” →

Rick Hansen: “If we waited until everything was perfect, we’d never start”

November 15, 2018Health, Life, SportsMan in Motion, Man in Motion World Tour, Paralymics, Rick Hansen, Rick Hansen Foundation, Rick Hansen Institute, Wheelchair RacingMartin Bauman

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When Rick Hansen set out to wheel around the world on his Man in Motion World Tour in 1985, he had hoped the tour would start off with a bang — just maybe a different kind than the one he got. Mere moments into wheeling out of the parking lot of Vancouver’s Oakridge Mall on … Continue reading Rick Hansen: “If we waited until everything was perfect, we’d never start” →

Kat Jayme: “[Finding Big Country] is sort of the perfect story”

November 1, 2018SportsBasketball, Big Country, Bryant Reeves, Finding Big Country, Kat Jayme, NBA, Vancouver GrizzliesMartin Bauman

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Whatever happened to Bryant Reeves? For most of filmmaker Kat Jayme’s life, the question existed without an answer. A longtime basketball fan who came of age watching the Vancouver Grizzlies, she set out to find the team’s most elusive and forgotten star. In Finding Big Country, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Jayme … Continue reading Kat Jayme: “[Finding Big Country] is sort of the perfect story” →