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Breaking the cycle of crisis and restoring stability in Africa's Lake Chad region
With a ballooning population, armed insurgents, climate crisis, dwindling natural resources, and huge socio-economic disparity, the Lake Chad region has endured a complex plethora of crises since 2009 ...
‘Universal Language’ Is the Perfect Blend of Poetry, Parody and Sexy Turkeys
A valentine to Iranian cinema and an absurdist look at Winnipeg, Matthew Rankin's comedy is indescribable — so "lo-fi masterpiece" will have to do.
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French Highschooler teaches us to speak REAL French!
Today we bring in Armand, who you may know as a "British High Schooler"... Well it turns out he's not only British, but also French! And after witnessing our efforts in Paris he's come to teach us how ...
Review: In a Winnipeg few will recognize, ‘Universal Language’ speaks from a deep well of humanity
Written and directed by director Matthew Rankin, the comedy presents a Persian-language-inflected Canada, getting at timely ...
‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.
‘Universal Language’ Review: The Farsi Side of Canada
Matthew Rankin’s whimsical, cerebral comedy takes place in a version of the northern nation that is full of Iranian ...