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January 2012
2012: Art + Activism = ARTIVISM
October 2011
The Neat Strange Music of Ahmed Hassan
THE NEAT STRANGE MUSIC OF AHMED HASSAN
October 21st – 22nd, 8pm – Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto
I am proud to be part of this special honouring of the late Ahmed Hassan –
I compiled the video and photographic elements for the show.
Ahmed was a resilient loving soul and a free style creative innovator.
October 2011
So Much to do So Little Time
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE,
We have been super busy with our development phase,
and are beginning production in January ’12.
Here is our latest TRAILER commissioned by “documentary”
for an upcoming feature film.
May 2011
Thanks Woody
“I am a fan of filmmaker Liz Marshall’s previous film, “Water On The Table”. I don’t doubt that “The Ghosts In Our Machine” will be as important and well done.” – Woody Harrelson.
April 2011
Water On The Table to be honoured at EMA’s in Toronto
WATER ON THE TABLE TO BE HONOURED SATURDAY APRIL 16TH
6 P.M. – 6:45 P.M.
Canadian Environmental Media Awards
Join Green Living Enterprises and the Environmental Media Association to honour the creative efforts of film and television productions. The inaugural Canadian Environmental Media Award will present awards to entertainers and artists who increase public awareness of environmental issues and inspire personal action.
Host: Roger Petersen, anchor & reporter, CityNews
Special Guest Presenter: Canadian actor Rachelle Lefevre, EMA Young Hollywood Board Member, film/TV star Barney’s Version, Casino Jack, Twilight.
March 2011
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE
The unveiling of the prototype for my new project begins now! Watch the trailer on Vimeo, YouTube and Facebook.
Go to the website to learn more. THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE is a cross-platform project in development: a documentary film and an immersive, interactive, call to action website about the plight of animals used for human profit and consumption.
January 2011
Water On The Table Foreign Release
Water On The Table is being released, rented and sold in the U.S., Asia and Australia via distributor BullFrog Films.
Check out the U.S. Reviews here.
January 2011
GIRLS OF LATITUDE, a half-hour documentary directed by Liz Marshall in 2008 for Plan Canada and MTV re-airs on CTV, Saturday, January 8 @ Noon (1pm on CTV Saskatchewan). And on third party stations CJBN Kenora (which will air in simulcast with CTV Winnipeg) and CITL Lloydminster (which will air in simulcast with CTV Calgary).
December 2010
Water On The Table DVD Available
The Water On The Table DVD is for sale!
The Water On The Table DVD comes with several carefully crafted Extra Features. And, the Educational Package comes with a 22-page beautifully designed Teacher’s Guide. You can make a secure online purchase via PayPal by clicking on the link above. Thanks for your interest.
December 2010
Liz Marahall’s Top Ten Links
DOCSPACE is Canada’s online home for documentaries.
Filmmaker Liz Marshall was asked to post her Top Ten Links.
November 2010
November Courses on the Art of Filmmaking
THE ART OF THE INTERVIEW: Sunday November 7th, 2010.
DOCUMENTARY DREAMS TO ACTION: Saturday November 20th, 2010.
With instructor Liz Marshall, engage in a daylong process to push the boundaries and increase your effectiveness as a filmmaker.
November 2010
A Timely Panel for our Times
Outside the Broadcast Box: Finding Alternative Funding Sources for Docs. November 2nd 2010, 6:30pm – 9:00pm. The Annex Live. Toronto.
Join filmmaker and moderator Liz Marshall to start what we hope will be an ongoing and inspiring community-wide conversation. Panelists: Chanda Chevannes, Raj Panikkar, Laura Sky.
October 2010
October is a month of Premieres
Water On The Table Premieres this month in Montreal, Toronto and in the US. The broadcast hour has its BC premiere on Knowledge. Spread the word, and we hope to see you! For information on screenings, click here: Water On The Table Screenings.
September 2010
BC Tour of Water On The Table
Liz Marshall is touring Water On The Table throughout British Columbia this month in the Kootenays, Kelowna, the Sunshine Coast, Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Many thanks to the wonderful people, organizations, and to the Council of Canadians for organizing these special events. Click here for details: Water On The Table.
September 2010
Gemini Nomination
Water On The Table is nominated for the Donald Brittain Award, for Best Social-Political Documentary at the Gemini Awards! The Awards Ceremony will be televised nationally on November 13th, 2010 from the Winter Gardens Theatre in Toronto.
July 2010
Griffin Poetry for 10 Years
Happy 10th year anniversary Griffin Poetry Prize. Chin Chin.
For the last decade, LizMars Productions has produced the documentation
of the Griffin Poetry shortlisted readings and awards for The Griffin Trust.
June 2010
The Real G8/G20: A Civil Society Response
Liz spearheaded The Real G8/G20: A Civil Society Response website in response to the mainstream media coverage of the G20 protests. Mainstream media failed to report the real issues that motivated thousands of people to protest the G20 Summit in Toronto. The website is a content-rich forum for citizen media: video, film, photography and editorial works by artists, activists, social justice organizations and independent media.
June 2010
LizMars completes doc for new campaign
LizMars produced a 20-minute documentary for NDEAM Canada.
Directed by Andrea Cohen, edited by Nathan Shields, shot by Jeremy Lyall and Alex Oktan, production managed by Chanda Chevannes, with an original score by New Moon Music: Jennifer Moore & Mark Shannon.
The documentary will help launch the national campaign
to make October National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
May 2010
Kinosmith & Water On The Table
KINOSMITH Distribution and Water On The Table have joined forces
for a Theatrical & DVD Release in Canada.
Stay tuned!
February 2010
Directing Holmes Inspection
Liz is directing for the Holmes Inspection series.
January 2010
Water On The Table
Liz has launched the trailer for Water On The Table. Watch it here.
Tune into the TVO broadcast premiere on The View From Here, March 24th, 2010 @ 10pm.
For other future screenings, go the Water On The Table website.
November 2009
Female Eye Film Festival screenings
Liz Marshall’s film The Weight of Memory (2001) features acclaimed dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker. It is a dramatic experimental dance film that commemorates the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre in 1989. Liz’s short music film Mawal Saba(2007) is an Arabic lament featuring Egyptian chanteuse Maryem Tollar. Both films will be screened at a Female Eye Film Festival event in memory of the December 6th, 1989 Montreal Massacre.
When: Sunday, December 6, 2009.
Where: National Film Board of Canada, 150 John Street, Toronto
The Weight of Memory will be screened in the program showing from 12:00 to 1:30pm
Mawal Saba will be screened in the program showing from 3:30 to 4:30 pm
For more information, go to www.FemaleEyeFilmFestival.com
March 2009
Stuck
Liz Marshall was the series director on Stuck, season 2. A 13 part 1/2 hr series produced by 52 Media Inc.
It premiered Wednesday, March 4th at 10 pm on the W Network. Read the press release here.
For more information, visit 52 Media’s Web site: www.52media.ca/stuck2/index.html.
March 2009
Bravo!FACT Presents screening of Mawal Saba
Maryem Tollar’s music video, Mawal Saba, directed by Liz Marshall, will be airing on an upcoming special episode of “Bravo!FACT Presents” celebrating the Juno Awards at 7:30 pm ET/4:30 pm PT, Sunday, March 22, 2009 on Bravo!
The episode will be rerun at 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT Friday, March 27 on Bravo! It will also air on ‘A’ in Victoria BC on Saturday, March 28 at 11:00 pm local time, and in Ontario on ‘A’ in Barrie, London, Windsor, and Wingham on Saturday, March 28 at 6:30 pm local time. (All airdates are subject to change; please check local listings.)
November 2008
The Weight of Memory
Liz Marshall’s film The Weight of Memory (2001) features acclaimed dancer and choreographer Peggy Baker. It is a dramatic experimental dance film that commemorates the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre in 1989. The film will be screened at a Female Eye Film Festival event in memory of the December 6th, 1989 Montreal Massacre. The screening will take place in the auditorium of the National Film Board of Canada in Toronto.
When: Saturday, December 6, 2008.
The Weight of Memory will be screened in the program showing from 11:00am – 12:00pm
Where: National Film Board of Canada, 150 John Street, Toronto
For more information, go to www.FemaleEyeFilmFestival.com
November 2008
Griffin Poetry Prize
Liz Marshall and editor Steven Budd created the Griffin Poetry Prize annual reading audio and video segments. Liz and her team (sound veteran Doug Kaye and tv camera veteran Pat Pidgeon) have documented the Griffin Trust’s shortlisted poet readings and awards since 2001. Click here for the 2008 readings.
November 2008
Episode 6 – The Rawside Of …The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir (reunion)
Episode 6 – The Rawside Of … The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir (reunion)
Premiering Tuesday December 2nd at 8pm ET / 5pm PT on IFC Canada
Directed by Liz Marshall
After ten years and thousands of shows, Canada’s best bar band called it quits in 1995.
Now, after a thirteen year hiatus, singer/songwriter Chris Brown must try to put The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir back together for one last gig at the renowned Hillside Music Festival in Guelph, Ontario.
Read the press release here. Check out the trailer here.
November 2008
Girls of Latitude
MTV Documentary GIRLS OF LATITUDE Explores the Lives of Girls in Haiti, Colombia, and Sudan.
Premiering Thursday, November 13 at 9:30 p.m. ET on MTV and Friday, November 14 at 1 p.m. ET on CTV.
This MTV original special follows hosts Nicole Holness, Diane Salema, and Aliya-Jasmine Sovani as they encounter young leaders affecting positive change. GIRLS OF LATITUDE is a celebration of women and their power to make the world a better place.
Executive Producer is Faith Feingold. Producers are Tamara Dawit and Steve Theobald. Director is Liz Marshall. Director of Photography is Steve Cosens. Editor is Steven Budd. Composers are Mark Shannon and Jennifer Moore.
Read more about the documentary at www.mtv.ca/girls. Read the press release here.
May 2008
Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes of Africa
Grandmothers: The Unsung Heroes of Africa, a film directed by Liz for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, was included in the Silver Screen Arts Festival. Read more about it here.
April 2008
Mawal Saba at Fresh Canadian Talent
Liz’s little music film Mawal Saba features the beautiful and talented Maryem Hassan Tollar, and it is produced by Leslie Thomas, shot by Chris Romieke, edited by Steven Budd, with text design by Warren Brown. If you missed its premier at Nuit Blanche last fall, then come see Fresh Canadian Talent, a screening of 18 music based shorts presented as part of the 2008 ReelWorld Film Festival.
Where: Cineplex Odeon Carlton, 20 Carlton Street, Toronto
When: Friday, April 4 at 11:00 pm
A list of festival programming can be found at www.reelworld.ca.
February 2008
Black History month screenings
As part of Black History month, two of Liz Marshall’s films for the Stephen Lewis Foundation will premier at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa on February 13, 2008. A Generation of Orphans follows six orphans in Africa and the grassroots organizations working valiantly on their behalf, while Women: The Face of AIDS traces the stories of five courageous HIV-positive women in sub-Saharan Africa. Click here for more event details.
October 2007
A Portrait of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
This October, Walrus Magazine online presented a photo essay by Liz Marshall entitled A Portrait of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Click here to view the essay and photo slideshow.
September 2007
Women: The Face of AIDS
Women: The Face of AIDS premiered in Vancouver on October 18, 2007 at the Ridge Theatre. This half hour documentary is the third film in a trilogy about HIV and AIDS that Liz Marshall directed and co-produced for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. For more information, visit www.stephenlewisfoundation.org.
See also: Marshall concludes AIDS trilogy
(Playback Magazine, September 24, 2007)
May 2007
Mawal Saba
Director Liz Marshall and Producer Leslie Thomas thank everyone who attended the premiere of Maryem Tollar’s latest music video, Mawal Saba, from her album Book of Life, which was part of the curated program of CTVglobemedia’s Bravo!FACT shorts at Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto on September 29-30, 2007.
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