The Stanley Cup finals would have been over in a parallel universe. The CFL would have been in week 2. Let's have more Canadian films.
As long as CBC is showing Canadian films on a Saturday night, we will keep previewing them.
Here is the schedule for the second half of June 2020 with slightly later starting times.
June 20
9p Giant Little Ones (2018)
11p Rhymes For Young Ghouls (2013)
June 27
10p The Grizzlies (2018)
12:30a Closet Monster (2015)
2:30a Empire of Dirt (2013)
These selections are more in my wheelhouse. No offence to family friendly films, but these Canadian films have layers and depth. They earn their slightly later than normal starting times.
Giant Little Ones is one of the best Canadian films out in the last couple of years. I recently rewatched the film. Still a wonderful film. Not what you think the film might be.
Jeff Barnaby proved with Blood Quantum that Rhymes For Young Ghouls was not a fluke. Devery Jacobs is absolutely wonderful in the film. There are reasons in the film for the late start. Captivating story told very well.
2018 WIFF Canadian films in review (Giant Little Ones, The Grizzlies)
Canadian film review: Rhymes for Young Ghouls
The June 27 films start late since the CBC will carry Global Goal: Unite for Our Future-The Concert at 8 pm.
The Grizzlies is about an Indigenous youth lacrosse team engaged to deal with youth suicide in the community of Kugluktuk, Nunavut. The typical sports film brings in the nuance of the issues in a remote community under the direction of Miranda de Pencier and writing from Moira Walley-Beckett and Graham Yost.
The final films might start past your bedtime but are worth running the PVR to record them. Closet Monster is a quirky coming of age film of a young man haunted by childhood memories. Empire of Dirt is a wonderful film with 3 generations of Indigenous women. Cara Gee (Strange Empire) is so good in this film.
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Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Empire of Dirt are available in the United States on Amazon Prime. Giant Little Ones is available through Starz.
If you have a Canadian film title that you would love to see on CBC, let us know in the comments section.
photos credit: Rhymes for Young Ghouls film; The Grizzlies film
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