This month's POV magazine features the man everyone is talking about... David Suzuki discusses the award-winning documentary which celebrates his life and career: Force of Nature. The film is elegantly reviewed by Adam Nayman and includes an interesting interview with director Sturla Gunnarsson about the creative process, his collaborative effort with David Suzuki on his Legacy lecture, and how directing the film has made him a less cynical person.
Hello Cool World Review: When I saw Force of Nature, I didn’t expect to learn so much about Sukuzi the scientist as well as ground-breaking mover and shaker. Or to be so entertained.
The ‘70s footage of Dr. Suzuki skateboarding down the halls of UBC is not to be missed.His long time collaboration with the Haida Nation is inspiring. The film really made me feel what a revolutionary figure in the Canadian landscape David Suzuki was, and still is. Packed full of information, and much more excitingly shot than the ‘legacy lecture’ part would have led me to believe, I think it is one of the most important films to come out this year…
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
David Ng is a Hello Cool World veteran with experience going back a decade. David first worked with us when he was just 14 years old as a participant in the youth advisory group for the sexual health education program Condomania. Now an accomplished videographer passionate about the issues of gender and power, he is currently on sabbatical in South Africa while he pursues a Masters in Gender Studies with a focus on international development.