With so much damage done to our feeling of safety and security, how can we move forward. Safety and trust are two basic conditions for living a good life. It is my experience that both of these have been compromised as this virus has ravaged the world. Political systems are…

Doxa Film Festival 2022 Bitter sweet ending to Doug Bennett’s life, and to the Doxa Documentary Festival 2022. I wasn’t able to attend Doxa this year in person, which left a hole in my heart for sure. However, with their online programming I was able to view some fantastic films…

Doxa Film Festival 2022 This film is about Love. Love between two French lovers, Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their Love of Volcanoes. Director Sara Dosa does a fabulous job of catching the life long love affair between the couple, as well as their infatuation with their work as Volcanologists…

Doxa Film Festival 2022 This film highlights an important challenge that many face: caring for and supporting the love of their life as they slip away from Alzheimer’s disease. How would I manage that monumental task? How would any of us face that challenge? We wouldn’t know until faced with…

Doxa Film Festival 2022 Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier when he joined the Montreal Royals in 1946, becoming the first Black professional baseball player. Montreal (and Canada) hung their hat on this claim-to-fame for decades — undeservedly. The film illustrates how people in Montreal like to think they are…

Doxa Film Festival 2022 The Overdose Prevention Society (OPS) is located at 58 East Hastings Street in Vancouver, B.C. This is their story.

Doxa Film Festival 2022 Beyond Extinction traces Indigenous matriarchs who revive traditions and fight to save an ancient burial ground in BC’ Slocan Valley. Declared “extinct” by the Indian Act, the film documents their intimate living histories and their decades long struggle for recognition. -Ali Kazimi, Filmmaker This film is…

Doxa Film Festival is back!!

Eight tips for moving out of pandemic living into a life you love. I was honoured to be asked by my local business improvement association (the White Rock BIA) to participate in an important project: providing mental health tips to help our community recover from the pandemic. Being my usual…