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Arts & Entertainment Programs
Whether from right here at home or from around the world, we strive to present the best arts and entertainment programming available.
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| art inCLINEd art inCLINEd is a quirky combination of artistic exploration, discussion and play. Host and mixed media artist Heather Cline takes viewers on a visual and material discovery of art - profiling artists in their studio at work, then in her own studio environment for a unique creative encounter. Themes revolve around practice, place and the history of various forms of Art - from authors and guitar maker, to blacksmiths, painters and singer-songwriters. Each episode creates an understanding of the artists' practice and process in turn creating an understanding that links these practices to our daily experiences and surroundings. These personal stories provide insight into how art and art production is tied to and inspired by everyday life. | ||
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| Creative City How do a major scientific research centre, a retail business community, a long term care facility, a world class university and a vibrant arts community contribute to a creative city? You'll find out in this 8 - part series which celebrates Saskatoon's designation as a cultural capital of Canada. Discover the unique relationship between a river park and an earth artist, a painter and a group of research scientists among others. Creative City captures the imagination while assessing the value and impact of creativity. | ||
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| Hollywood (Saskatchewan) Saskatchewan has slowly been gaining a reputation as a great place to make movies. As a result a number of Hollywood filmmakers have been bringing their projects here, contributing to the growth of a vibrant and dynamic industry. Today's success is built upon a legacy of filmmaking that began with the birth of Saskatchewan as a province. Hollywood Saskatchewan is a thirteen part documentary series that takes an in-depth, behind the scenes look at several diverse and influential film and television productions produced in the province. You'll also meet some of the many talented people who helped shape and build Saskatchewan's exciting and expanding entertainment industry. | ||
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| Landscape as Muse Through the artist`s eye, this beautiful cinematic series examines the inspirational relationship that exists between art and landscape. Filmed in 7 provinces, 2 territories and 2 countries, featuring major Canadian artists like Joe Fafard, Aganetha Dyck, Peter von Tiesenhausen and Edward Burtynsky, Landscape has Muse has claimed two significant Canadian film and television industry awards in the past year. | ||
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| Neighbors Dog; The 13 house concerts .... 13 incredible artists .... 13 different shows! These concerts are actually held in people`s homes throughout Saskatoon. Okay, one show takes place on a rooftop, but each bring audiences and musicians together in a unique and intimate setting that produces an inspired performance. Look forward to one of a kind sets from John Mann, former lead singer of Spirit of the West, Nathan, Wil, Leeroy Stagger, Little Miss Higgins and Tom Wilson. | ||
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| Storytellers in Motion This documentary series examines the success and failures of Canadian indigenous filmmakers and we see a rare glimpse into the many facets of visual storytelling. We get to see the nuts and bolts of aboriginal life in Canada by looking through the lens of the artist and find out why they've made the kinds of films they have and what they learned along the way. We will hear unique and diverse perspectives of the aboriginal community as these very talented storytellers take over the crafting of the indigenous image as we begin to see a new type of cinema emerge. While their roles remain much as they were when their stories were told around a communal fire, their methods have absorbed, adapted, and exploited the ongoing advances in communications technology. | ||
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Individual Documentaries
| Cult of Walt: Canada's Polka King; The Walter Ostanek is Canada's most accomplished musician. Don't believe it? Consider that he holds the Canadian record for Grammy nominations, 16 in total, netting him three wins. He's put out enough albums to rival the Stones - 62 records and 20 singles in his 50 year career. He's hosted radio and TV shows and toured endlessly to fans around the globe. His star is on the walk of fame and he's received The Order of Canada. All this and you may not have heard of him. Maybe that's because Walter plays polka - the oft-maligned music of weddings, family reunions and Oktoberfests. Being the Polka King takes guts, dedication and a serious love for a music that is unappreciated by many people. The Cult of Walt is a one-hour documentary that looks at the illustrious 50-year career of Walter Ostanek and the devoted fan base that's sustained it. | ||
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| Sounds Like Motown Sounds Like Motown is a documentary about a high school R&B band from Canada that develops a musical bond with Motown legend Martha Reeves. The students meet Reeves on a school band trip to Detroit. Impressed by their talent and dedication to Motown music, she decides to mentor them. When Reeves is invited to headline the 2006 Victoria Jazz Festival, she insists that the Victoria High R&B Band perform with her. Structured around the final two weeks of school, the documentary follows the students and their music teacher, Eric Emde, as they experience the stress of finals, graduation, rehearsals and the fast-approaching concert. | ||
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