All That Matters

All That Matters tells stories about arts and culture around Alberta. Each week we take small bites out of a big question. This week: Boot Camp Poets. How could rap or poetry help inmates at the Edmonton Remand Centre find a different life, and what roadblocks might be in their way? This is the second half of a two-part documentary speaking to inmates in the Edmonton Remand Centre's Boot Camp unit.

In this episode, John Howard Society's Howie Hoggins speaks to us about what's ahead for men in the Boot Camp unit transitioning out of prison. Métis writer and researcher Patti Laboucane-Benson tell us what her graphic novel The Outside Circle has to say about why so many Aboriginal people end up behind bars. And we hear more poetry from Boot Camp unit inmates Joshua Charles Thom, Michael Nelson, and Nathan Laboucan.

All That Matters - Boot Camp Poets Pt 2

All That Matters tells stories about arts and culture. Each week we take small bites out of a big question. This week: The Neutral Zone. We see little glimpses of artists' lives through their work. But what's in the neutral zone: the space between being at centre stage - having everyone pay attention to your work - and your regular life? We ask Edmontonian Susan Sneath, who moved away from a life in theatre, radio and TV. And we speak to renowned artist Joseph Sanchez, one of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc (aka the "Native Group of Seven"), about how their fight to get Indigenous art embraced by the mainstream changed the way he saw himself.

All That Matters - The Neutral Zone

All That Matters tells stories about arts and culture. Each week we take small bites out of a big question. This week: Where can Canadians watch CanCon? Video rental stores have almost disappeared, and more of us are watching TV online, where nobody's required to stock up on Canadian content. We ask Kevin Martin, owner of the last standing DVD rental shop in Edmonton - the Lobby - what's kept his business standing. Then we ask the National Film Board's Director of Digital Marketing Matthieu Stréliski what's on their streaming site, NFB.ca. And we ask Mosaic Entertainment Chief Marketing Officer Jesse Lipscombe how his production company has tried to get the locally produced comedy Delmer & Marta out to Canadian viewers.

All That Matters - Where Can Canadians Watch CanCon?

This week on All That Matters, we asked Edmontonians for their elevator pitches! We've got deliciously impractical ideas about bobsledding and pirates from Rapid Fire Theatre's Chris Borg and Sam Stralak. We ride in the actual elevator at Enterprise Square to hear artist Julie Ferguson's idea for the building. And we ask folks on the street about their ideas for the old Royal Alberta Museum building.

All That Matters - Elevator Pitches

This week: who decides what good behaviour looks like, and what happens when the government tries to tell us what good behaviour is? We’ll take a look at the Advisory Board on Objectionable Publications. From 1954-1973, it discouraged parents and distributors from letting kids read comic books, over fears the graphic stories would corrupt their young minds. And we’ll talk to writer and illustrator Meags Fitzgerald about her new graphic memoir Long Red Hair, and her struggles to be true to herself growing up.

All That Matters - Good Behaviour (timeless)

This week: Avatars.
We were really curious how composite sketches are made, so we went straight to the source: the Edmonton Police Service's Sgt Alanna Harrison joins us to tell us about the emotional and labour-intensive process of building a sketch of a suspect. And digital artist Braxton Penner joins us to talk about how digital avatars are made for video games.

All That Matters - Avatars

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All That Matters - Boot Camp Poets Pt 2

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