Cultural Studies

Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, by a single mother and despite the fact that they had not much money Tracy Chapman learned how to play the guitar as a child and started writing her own songs by the time she was fourteen. She published her first album entitled Tracy Chapman in 1988 and instantly became an international celebrity, something she never really wanted.

Woody Guthrie was, and is still regarded today as one of the greatest musical pioneer to ever come out of the United States. Born in Oklahoma on July 14 1912, he had a rough childhood that left him disillusioned with life (...)

Ryan Larkin was a Canadian animation film maker from Montreal. He started his career working for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in 1965. He is responsible for the Academy Award nominated film Walking (1968), as well as for some of Canada's most renowned animation films from the 60s and 70s (...)

Léolo is a movie that deals in part with the repression of sexuality in Quebecois children during the Grande Noirceure.  The time at which this movie was released could not have been any timelier; in 1992 the Supreme Court of Canada was to release a statement upholding the constitutionality of sexually obscene material (...)