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Documentaries. Why are documentaries becoming more popular at the box office, but diminishing from our TV screens? What does the future hold for documentaries? Tune in and hear what renowned and award-winning documentary film directors have to say on this issue... Roller Derby is one of the fastest growing sports in North America. Sassy, tough and dedicated, Vancouver's roller derby league is thriving. I got down with Lady Deathstryke, and filmed her very first roller derby league game! Tune in for some hot action.. Madness is celebrated right here in Vancouver at our very own, Gallery Gachet. But what is mad? And how can doing art help you if you are a little cuckoo? You'd better watch, before you go crazy in the coconuts... For over ten years Gabor Maté has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, schizophrenia, mental illness, Hepatitis C, HIV and, in many cases, all four. But if Dr. Maté's patients are at the far end of the spectrum, how many of us are also struggling with addictions? Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, work, food, sex, gambling and excessive inappropriate spending: what is amiss with our lives that we seek such self-destructive ways to comfort ourselves? Local writer, Buddhist and spiritual teacher, Angela Hryniuk's journey of hitting bottom with drinking and then seeking a spiritual solution. What may seem like a contradiction, women performing seductive dances for audiences, is actually a method of empowerment according to the founder of Stiletto Storm, Ryann Rain. Stiletto Storm was created by and for women and showcases exotic dancers and competitions. But not all women agree. Other feminists claim that stripping, like prostitution, feeds into men's demands for access to women's bodies and just serves to reinforce gender inequality. What is a modern day feminist to think? You make up your mind - liberation or oppression, or maybe it's just not that simple. |