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Posts from the ‘Riled’ Category

Jul 10

Robert Latimer, in a classic filmic "beauty shot" – panoramic and glowing with evening light
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This land is my land: Robert Latimer and the plundered landscape

A slow pan to a classic frame. A solitary man stands on high ground in evening light, surveying land, sky, and settlement. The soundtrack is subtle but arresting: distant wind, giving way to the soft but urgent tapping of a single atmospheric note, then a persistent throb of airy, fluttering strings. Read more

Apr 12

Aerial view of Syncrude strip mine in the Alberta Tar Sands
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“All stories are about wolves”: Thoughts on the Northern Gateway Pipeline

It’s the scale of it all that first assaults the mind.

Four and a half minutes into his January 9 TEDx talk – “The true cost of oil” – Garth Lenz projects an image of a 400 ton dump truck loaded with bitumen from the Alberta tar sands. Read more