White Poppies are a symbol of Peace while remembering those who died in war
by Imtiaz Popat As we approach Remembrance Day or Armistice Day on November 11 to mark the end of World War II, many people wear red poppies to remember the soldiers who lost their lives. But many people wear white poppies otherwise know as peace poppies to remember all lives lost including civilian lives and…
Vancouver International Film Festival documentaries tell timely stories
Writer and activist, A Revathi, the central figure of the documentary ‘I am Revathi’, opens up about her life, her identity and society’s apathy towards trans existence by Imtiaz Popat The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF), celebrating its 44th year, tells timely stories reflecting current issues facing the world today. Here are a couple of…
Review: Eleanor the Great is about grief and acceptance
by Imtiaz Popat Scarlett Johansson’s feature directorial debut Eleanor the Great is about grief and acceptance. Eleanor the Great starring June Squibb, is a tale of friendship, aging, and identity. Elderly Eleanor Morgenstein (Squibb) has been living with her best friend, Bessie (Rita Zohar), at a shared house in Florida since the death of her husband. Born in…
Review: One Man No City at Vancouver Fringe Festival
by Imtiaz Popat Vivek Srikanthan’s One Man No City has been imported from Toronto to the Vancouver Fringe Festival. It’s one man’s story. But it is also of story of struggle of BIPOC people with multiple barriers with layers of bigotry. Vivek can’t seem to connect to his friends, family, or (theoretical) lovers. This comical…
Protesters disrupt Vancouver Pride Parade for pinkwashing
Protest at Vancouver Pride by Imtiaz Popat Protesters disrupted the Vancouver Pride Parade for pinkwashing by accepting sponsorship from the TD Bank. Toronto, Montreal, Victoria and Vancouver Pride continue to pinkwash by accepting corporate sponsors who want to also fund Israeli genocide of of Palestinians including the including raping and murdering LGBTQ Palestinians. There were…
Green Democray
Green Party does democracy differently. Like other green parties globally. The Green Party now has co-leaders with gender and equity balance. Elizabeth May from BC and Johnathan Pedneault from Quebec and Rainbow Eyes in the Green Indigenous deputy leader from the North West Territories. Unlike other traditional parties, greens don’t believe that the party leader…
A Green New Deal for Canada: building a greener and more equitable Canada
Canada faces the triple crises of catastrophic climate change, growing economic inequality and Trump’s economic war and threat of recolonizing there indigenous lands. Recognizing indigenous sovereignty, we must work with the indigenous peoples to build a New Green Deal to protect our ecology from these multiple threats. During this election, Canada needs a bold Green New…
Canada’s sovereignty is indigenous
Trumps threat to take over Canada and Greenland fails to recognize that the land inherently belongs to indigenous peoples. Even Trumps attempts to take over Gaza for redevelopment ignores Palestinian sovereignty just when Gazans have started to return to their homes after the Israeli siege over their lands. Trumps attempt to recolonize colonized lands is…
Review: A Nice Indian Boy hits the stage before the big screen
C.K. Kaur directing A Nice Indian Boy in New Westminster BC by Imtiaz Popat Everyone is looking for a nice Indian boy to marry. But if you are a Indian gay man, it become more Challenging. Naveen(Siddharth Sharma) sees Keshav(Braeden Saucy) praying at a Hindu temple. He acts like a good Hindu boy with his…
Bilal Baig Talks About Their Experience Leading Up The Sort of Final Season
by Imtiaz Popat Pakistani Canadian actor and facilitator Bilal Baig talked about their experience as a trans and queer Muslim leading up to the third and final season of the Peabody award winning TV series Sort Of at the Community Based Research Centre in Vancouver. Baig said that they grew faster than they wanted to. “The king of childhood…
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