Canadians on Canadians in the NWFF Series Future//Present

by Charles Mudede Fail to Appear
For the next four days, the Northwest Film Forum will run a series, Future//Present, that features a new wave of Canadian filmmakers. I have seen 3 of the 8 films in this program, and what impressed me was not only the raw energy of these works but also how they presented Canadians.Not too long ago, I decided to listen to a lecture series on the history of the British Empire by professor Patrick N. Allitt, a historian with a very dark sense of humor. A major part