EVIDENCE EXPOSED: AN EVENING WITH MICAH HANKS,
LOCAL FILMMAKERS & MORE
Thursday September 6th 2018
Presented by Swamp Fest, in partnership with Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative and sponsored by Affinity Credit Union.
This evening kicks-off Swamp Fest 2018 with our first ever lecture series presented by author, podcaster, and researcher - Micah Hanks. In partnership with the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, this event also introduces films from Saskatchewan artists. The films and lecture will be inspired by the mythology of the swamp creature of Wascana Lake as well as mysterious and otherworldly events (cryptozoology, interplanetary beings, unidentified flying objects, conspiracy theories, and mysteries of the unexplained).
This evening kicks-off Swamp Fest 2018 with our first ever lecture series presented by author, podcaster, and researcher - Micah Hanks. In partnership with the Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, this event also introduces films from Saskatchewan artists. The films and lecture will be inspired by the mythology of the swamp creature of Wascana Lake as well as mysterious and otherworldly events (cryptozoology, interplanetary beings, unidentified flying objects, conspiracy theories, and mysteries of the unexplained).
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Micah Hanks is a writer, podcaster, and researcher whose interests cover a variety of subjects. His areas of focus include history, science, philosophy, current events, cultural studies, technology, unexplained phenomena, and ways the future of humankind may be influenced by science and innovation in the coming decades.
Podcasting became a hobby for Micah in early 2011 after a six-year stint working in radio as a producer and on-air talent. Since then, he has continued to pursue his passion for information-driven talk programming through a variety of podcasts, including The Gralien Report, a science and unexplained mysteries program, as well as an “unfiltered” current events podcast, Middle Theory, cohosted with longtime friend and fellow commentator Christopher McCollum. Check out Micah's podcasts! https://www.gralienreport.com/podcasts/ https://www.middletheory.com/ |
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Films:
Scream for the Monster - Gerald Saul - 2:12
A short animated film about how a mysterious swamp monster came to be responsible for our heroine's distress
File # 90124630801 - Ania Slusarczyk - 2:07
Coming at you from the deepest vaults of SCIENCE, this classified film documents a scientist’s encounter with a thing. Performing a series of experiments to discover thing’s properties, she approaches the Truth.
Sightings - Kent Tate - 4:12
During my childhood I spent countless hours daydreaming. Often about beaming aboard an alien spacecraft where they would ask me about life on Earth. I would enthusiastically tell them my thoughts and observations about this or that, which the space aliens always seemed to find very interesting. In retrospect I was engaging in a transference of my frustration that no one on this planet seemed particularly interested in my opinions.
Filmed on location in southern Saskatchewan Kent Tate explores mysterious phenomena that he found in the Grasslands NP region and in the city of Regina. Among the things he observes is the Monolith from the movie “2001” landing in Gull Lake and a spirit buffalo that suddenly appeared on the side of a building in downtown Regina.
Salome - Jane McWirter - 3:21
Trapped in a state of melancholy Salomé, a witch from the past, searches for something lost. Inspired by the works of Maya Deren with elements of old movie magic and a hint of the supernatural. The music is a mash of components featuring the song "Me and my Shadow" by Judy Garland.
Light as a Feather - Amber Christensen - 2:35
Shot at the handmade film residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. Nostalgic summer camp/sleepover rituals are revisited in an attempt to conjure that adolescent spirit.
Beautiful New Yorker - Lenore Maier - 3:31
Announcing: Your next car. The great new Chrysler. Your next car will surround you with a spacious curved fuselage design where body and frame are one. Your next car is a quiet unity of glass and steel with a soaring symmetry of motion. Your next car can be an extension of your own exhilaration of movement. The beautiful new 77' Chrysler New Yorker has everybody talking. The finest new Chrysler both inside and out, and you get all this luxury at a New Yorker price. Your next car is here, the great new Chrysler New Yorker for 1977.
Into the Murky Depths - Jamie Slawson & Michelle Harazny - 2:08
A cyclist riding through Wascana Park falls into the lake after avoiding a duck crossing on the path. Once in the water she transforms into the Regina swamp monster.
Willow Island - Amber PB and Jeff - 3:19
An intimate portrait of one of Regina's favourite inner city islands, and the man who tends to it, reveals some shocking secrets.
Hand it to TAB - Eric Hill - 3:18
Experience life through the eyes and hands of the Toxic Algae Blob - Regina's mysterious creature of the lake...
Truth or Tale: Little Creatures - Dianne Ouelette & Jason Britski - 15:00
Truth or Tale was a 13 part documentary series created by Dianne Ouellette and Jason Britski in 2007. The series celebrated stories, legends, myths and tall tales of Canadian Prairie people. We will end this screening with an excerpt from Episode 3 entitled, Little Creatures. From Foam Lake to La Ronge, there are stories of mysterious “Little People”. These elf-like creatures are rumoured to have magical powers, and are said to live near rocks, lakes, and some are even said to live in the basement of houses.
A short animated film about how a mysterious swamp monster came to be responsible for our heroine's distress
File # 90124630801 - Ania Slusarczyk - 2:07
Coming at you from the deepest vaults of SCIENCE, this classified film documents a scientist’s encounter with a thing. Performing a series of experiments to discover thing’s properties, she approaches the Truth.
Sightings - Kent Tate - 4:12
During my childhood I spent countless hours daydreaming. Often about beaming aboard an alien spacecraft where they would ask me about life on Earth. I would enthusiastically tell them my thoughts and observations about this or that, which the space aliens always seemed to find very interesting. In retrospect I was engaging in a transference of my frustration that no one on this planet seemed particularly interested in my opinions.
Filmed on location in southern Saskatchewan Kent Tate explores mysterious phenomena that he found in the Grasslands NP region and in the city of Regina. Among the things he observes is the Monolith from the movie “2001” landing in Gull Lake and a spirit buffalo that suddenly appeared on the side of a building in downtown Regina.
Salome - Jane McWirter - 3:21
Trapped in a state of melancholy Salomé, a witch from the past, searches for something lost. Inspired by the works of Maya Deren with elements of old movie magic and a hint of the supernatural. The music is a mash of components featuring the song "Me and my Shadow" by Judy Garland.
Light as a Feather - Amber Christensen - 2:35
Shot at the handmade film residency at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island. Nostalgic summer camp/sleepover rituals are revisited in an attempt to conjure that adolescent spirit.
Beautiful New Yorker - Lenore Maier - 3:31
Announcing: Your next car. The great new Chrysler. Your next car will surround you with a spacious curved fuselage design where body and frame are one. Your next car is a quiet unity of glass and steel with a soaring symmetry of motion. Your next car can be an extension of your own exhilaration of movement. The beautiful new 77' Chrysler New Yorker has everybody talking. The finest new Chrysler both inside and out, and you get all this luxury at a New Yorker price. Your next car is here, the great new Chrysler New Yorker for 1977.
Into the Murky Depths - Jamie Slawson & Michelle Harazny - 2:08
A cyclist riding through Wascana Park falls into the lake after avoiding a duck crossing on the path. Once in the water she transforms into the Regina swamp monster.
Willow Island - Amber PB and Jeff - 3:19
An intimate portrait of one of Regina's favourite inner city islands, and the man who tends to it, reveals some shocking secrets.
Hand it to TAB - Eric Hill - 3:18
Experience life through the eyes and hands of the Toxic Algae Blob - Regina's mysterious creature of the lake...
Truth or Tale: Little Creatures - Dianne Ouelette & Jason Britski - 15:00
Truth or Tale was a 13 part documentary series created by Dianne Ouellette and Jason Britski in 2007. The series celebrated stories, legends, myths and tall tales of Canadian Prairie people. We will end this screening with an excerpt from Episode 3 entitled, Little Creatures. From Foam Lake to La Ronge, there are stories of mysterious “Little People”. These elf-like creatures are rumoured to have magical powers, and are said to live near rocks, lakes, and some are even said to live in the basement of houses.
