Want to 'watch Canadian' in the trade war? Here's why that's so hard
Want to 'watch Canadian' in the trade war? Here's why that's so hard
Use your local libraries!
Even if you watch American media you’re still cutting out the streaming service.
Hmm. For movies taking out DVDs would make sense, I guess.
Only vaguely related, but for anyone interested, the National Canadian Film Day website has a decent database of Canadian films (or at least Canadian enough that they're getting promoted as Canadian): https://canfilmday.ca/films/canadian-film-collection/
Really need to sit down and watch Slash/Back, the trailer looked pretty cool but missed it in theatres. Lots of my favourite films in this database (love me some Black Christmas, Cube, Videodrome, Goon, Fubar, Hobo with a Shotgun, etc. - though it's noted my taste is questionable at best).
canuxploitation.com is worth checking out too, though with that same poor taste caveat.
Damn, I wish there was such an organization to promote Canadian media. Fuck, whatever are we going to do.
Edit: I like to think my joke was a little too crafty. The CBC's mandate is: Be predominantly and distinctively Canadian; Contribute to a shared national consciousness and identity; and more.
Rabble, The Walrus, The Narwhal, The Tyee are all great media.
I mean we do have can-con regulations, but arguably their implementation is lacking and at least for the film industry seemingly supports foreign films filming in Canada more than it supports domestic films.
There also even is a whole question of what even constitutes Canadian content, should we only include things that are substantially about Canada or Canadians? Or is it enough for it to be made in Canada / by Canadians.
I also know at least for some sectors it's even harder than others. E.g anglo Canadian drama / théâtre is always going to have issues because we have grants for domestic non-profit grassroots productions, but the big anglo-theatre houses are expensive enough that it's mostly going to be American stuff coming :/
It's disheartening but I don't see an easy solution, but I do hope we at least try to make steps in the right direction in the coming years.
The MAPL system is what constitutes Canadian content.
That's something I like about being Québécois, there's plenty of stuff to watch here!
If anyone likes medical dramas, my wife and I really like Skymed, it's on CBC Gem. This most recent season (still ongoing) has been a lot of fun, the producers and/or writers have clearly been given the freedom to experiment with the format.
After watching Yannick Bisson and Hélène Joy film a scene right next to my wife's workplace, we decided to binge Murdoch Mysteries. There are 18 season on CBC Gem! It's going to take awhile.
I've seen a few episodes here and there. It's charming, and doesn't take itself too seriously (or, honestly, very seriously at all).
I'm not canceling my dropout subscription - I am canceling my Netflix subscription... I personally don't think content creation is a particularly geographically tied activity so I'm just focused on avoiding giving money to corporations that are financially supporting the administration regardless of their declared regional locale.
You don't think cultural products depend on the culture that produces them?
I think the culture that produces dropout embraces the LGBTQ community and rejects late stage capitalism. I'm happier financially supporting those folks than the CBC and certainly the Nat Po.
Content may not always be geographic, but money is.