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• Serenity, Destruction & Inauthenticity: The Transformation of Alberta in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and THE REVENANT

  Fitzgerald’s understanding is that the brutality of the world around them can only justify atheism: “In that moment, he told me, he found God. And it turns out,...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  The 2019 documentary Digging in the Dirt, co-directed by Dylan Rhys Howard and Omar Mouallem, is an exploration of the mental health crisis in the lives of Albertan...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Digging in the Dirt is Howard’s first feature-length film: “I went to film school because I wanted more than anything … to make movies that reach people and...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Mouallem emphasizes that it would have been easy to tell this story through a political lens, or an economic or social justice angle. In many ways, the lives...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Chris Johnson’s story follows Dallen’s. When Johnson started working in the trades at 19, it was perfect for a young kid. It gave him something to focus his...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Glenn Bielech was another one of those fly-in fly-out workers. He was in the oil fields for over 35 years, living in remote regions of Alberta. Over the...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Dennis Shinksi’s story mirrors many others. Shinski and Dallen were childhood friends and when he got the news of Dallen’s death, his first reaction was anger. That’s when things...

• Digging in the Dirt: Uncovering the Silent Epidemic Among Albertan Oil Workers

  Bielech mirrors that sentiment. Now working as a superintendent at Husky Energy, he strives diligently to “control [his] situation,” emphasizing a sense of empowerment through his ongoing advocacy work...

• “A New Chivalry”: The Calgary Stampede on Film

  The Calgary Stampede began in 1912 as a six-day event, founded by American trick roper and showman Guy Weadick. Weadick staged a second Stampede in Winnipeg the following year,...

• “A New Chivalry”: The Calgary Stampede on Film

  It is no surprise that the Stampede and the film industry would not take long to intersect. Two different motion picture companies shot films at the initial 1912 event,³and...