NOW Toronto Podcast
1) Reframing the history behind The Woman King
Viola Davis stars as the leader of a fierce female army from the kingdom of Dahomey, which was built on slavery. Dancer, choreographer and director Esie Mensah joins us to discuss the movie's alternat...Show More
2) NOW What EP194: Horror comedy The Blackening comes to TIFF
Comedian Dewayne Perkins and actor Antoinette Robertson tell us about heir TIFF Midnight Madness movie The Blackening, a horror comedy that lands somewhere between Scary Movie and Cabin In The Woods. ...Show More
3) Women Talking with Sarah Polley and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
In a conversation between two filmmakers, Sarah Polley tells Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers about adapting Miriam Toews novel Women Talking and unpacking the implications of its conversations on justice and ...Show More
4) NOW What EP192: Black Ice checks racism in hockey … and Canada
In a special TIFF episode, Black Ice director Hubert Davis, producer Vinay Virmani and hockey player Saroya Tinker discuss the relationship between hockey and Canadian identity and what it means to be...Show More
5) NOW What EP191: I Like Movies challenges film bro culture
I Like Movies director Chandler Levack discusses her look back at early-2000s video store culture, the makings of a toxic film bro and how she found a sympathetic and redemptive arc for a character th...Show More
6) NOW What EP190: This Place filmmakers share their Toronto queer love story
In a TIFF special episode we have the team behind This Place, a queer love story that stars Mohawk actor Devery Jacobs and Tamil-Canadian writer Priya Guns. Guns, co-writer and director V.T, Nayani, ...Show More
7) NOW What EP191: Black Ice checks racism in hockey ... and Canada
In a special TIFF episode, Black Ice director Hubert Davis, producer Vinay Virmani and hockey player Saroya Tinker discuss the relationship between hockey and Canadian identity and what it means to be...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) NOW What EP190: This Place filmmakers share their Toronto queer love story
In a TIFF special episode we have the team behind This Place, a queer love story that stars Mohawk actor Devery Jacobs and Tamil-Canadian writer Priya Guns. Guns, co-writer and director V.T, Nayani, ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs pens a love letter to her community
Reservation Dogs star Devery Jacobs discusses co-writing season two episode four, which was directed by Danis Goulet, paying tribute to the joy in her community, how the series handles trauma and upli...Show More
10) Jo Koy spreads the word on Easter Sunday
Jo Koy joins the NOW What podcast to explain why he had to pay his own way to get comedy specials on Netflix, how his humour builds bridges between communities, why colonized people compete when it co...Show More