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NYC premiere for NSI Features First-developed Venus this Friday

Posted: 19 Mar 2018 12:52 PM PDT

NSI Features First-developed Venus, from Eisha Marjara and Joe Balass, has its NYC premiere at the IFC Center this Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m.

Genders, generations and cultures collide in this comedy about the modern family unit, which follows a transitioning woman who discovers she’s the father of a 14-year-old boy.

Writer/director Eisha will be in attendance to introduce the film and conduct a Q&A following the screening.

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NSI Features First is a development training launch pad for producer/writer teams looking to produce their first or second feature film with strong commercial appeal.

NSI Features First 2018 is funded by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Supporting Sponsors Entertainment One, Super Channel, Corus Entertainment and Breakthrough Entertainment; and Service Sponsor William F. White. NSI Core Funders are Manitoba Sport, Culture & Heritage and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

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Release party for new Leonard Sumner album March 20, Winnipeg

Posted: 19 Mar 2018 12:46 PM PDT

Anishinaabe MC/singer/songwriter Leonard Sumner (CBC New Indigenous Voices) celebrates the release of his second full-length album, Standing in the Light, tomorrow at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg.

According to the event promo, “Leonard’s self-determined sound is evidence of his ability to simultaneously occupy landscapes of multiple musical genres including hip-hop, spoken word, country, and rhythm and blues.

With every vibration of the strings on his guitar, Leonard rattles the dust off truths that have been buried for far too long. In this era of unsettling history and healing wounds of the past, Leonard’s music is an expression of medicine that walks the line between fortitude and fragility.”

The event happens March 20 at 8 p.m. at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg. Tickets are $20 in advance and are available via Ticketfly.

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