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- Art, a Victoria filmmaker, struggles with his conservative moral values when he visits his son Kole who works as a writer and actor in the pornography business in Prague. Appalled by the sexual abuse Kole experienced as a child, Art believes Kole's current lifestyle is directly linked to that sad event. Art wants to get Kole out of an existence that, in his eyes, is soul-destroying. Amidst the hard-core pornography industry, Art and Kole strive to reconcile their relationship and their perceptions of a difficult past. As we follow their story, Art finds a surprising humanity in the world of porn even as he attempts to convince Kole to return to Canada and confront the past. Art hires a private detective to track the abuser down and, as the detective unearths clues that bring them nearer to the pedophile, Art discovers how close to violence he himself can come. MY SON THE PORNOGRAPHER follows the journey of two men as they reflect on the stresses and strains that tear families apart, on moral values, guilt and life choices. Ultimately, it is a story about the love between a father and a son.
- In "Killer Whale and Crocodile" carvers from two of the world's great carving traditions come together. A First Nations carver from Canada travels into the jungles of Papua New Guinea and a New Guinea carver travels to urban Canada. Together, they share each other's cultures and learn about the myths and legends that inform their individual artistic styles. In the Spring of 2006 John Marston, a young Coast Salish carver from Vancouver Island who has already gained a strong reputation for his innovative approach to traditional Coast Salish styles, visited Teddy Balangu, a carver from the Sepik River of Papua New Guinea. Teddy returned to Canada where he was the artist in residence at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia for 5 months. What strikes the eye as one looks from John's art to Teddy's is the similarity of forms and lines found in Coast Salish and Sepik River pieces. The Coast Salish carvings include killer whales, ravens and eagles; the Sepik pieces include crocodiles, cassowaries and hornbills. But both speak of culture, tradition and art. John and Teddy's journeys would not have been possible without Elaine Monds, director of Alcheringa Gallery in Victoria, BC and Dr. Carol Mayer, Curator for Oceania and Africa at the Museum of Anthropology. Elaine has for many years championed the art of the Northwest Coast and the Sepik River. She is perhaps the only person in the world who sells the work of Papua New Guinea artists as the work of individual artists instead of cultural curios. Carol has long championed the arts of Oceania and Africa as living art traditions. The exchange inspires the most magnificent projects either of the carvers has ever undertaken.