Face2Face with David Peck

Tuva Novotny and Pia Tjelta and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new beautiful and challenging new film Blind Spot , shock and grief, parenting, PTSD and dealing with guilt, blame and responsibility. Trail er Synopsis Swedish actor Tuva Novotny’s feature directorial debut is an uncompromising confrontation with family tragedy and heartbreak, about a mother’s struggle to understand her teen...

Rob Osborne and Face2Face host David Peck talk about The Third Dive, blame over responsibility, journalistic integrity, the power of storytelling, sawfish sharks and the 3 values of an activist. Trailer Watch the Film here. Synopsis In his 37 years, Rob Stewart had seemingly spent more time underwater than above. The Toronto-born marine biologist fuelled a literal sea-change with his 2006 film Sha...

Don McKellar and Tina Keeper and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Through Black Spruce , residential school and family history, responsibility of Canadians, a lack of understanding and stories and truth. Trailer Synopsis The film was shot on location in Moosonee, Moose Cree First Nation, Sudbury, Atikameksheng Anishinawbek First Nation, Killarney and Toronto, Ontario and it’s a...

Michael Del Monte, Janae Kroc and David Peck talk about their new film Transformer, fear, pressure and identity, hateful and angry people, creating conversations and why this film has a heart. Watch the trailer here. Synopsis From white trash kid, to decorated U.S. Marine, to bodybuilder, to world record powerlifter, Matt Kroczaleski faces his most challenging feat of strength yet: becoming a woma...

Camilla Henriksen and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film, childhood stories and neglect, mental health issues, secret dreams, parenting making choices and how we all have untapped resources of a particular sort. Synopsis In Camilla Strøm Henriksen’s startling first feature, a young girl struggles to keep her family together in the aftermath of a tragedy that forces her to grow up fa...

Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar, Chato and David Peck talk about their new film, empathy engines, recovering history, dictatorship, Spain, memory and the narrative of the people. Synopsis The Silence of Others reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, who continue to seek justice to this day. Filmed over six years, the film follows victims and surv...

Carolina Hellsgård and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her gorgeous new film Endzeit (Ever After) , faith in humanity, collective guilt, environmentalism and why having a positive view of the apocalypse is important.  Trailer Synopsis Two years after the zombies have overrun earth, the German towns Weimar and Jena are possibly the last holdouts of human civilization. Endzeit follows two...

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Rithy Panh and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his fascinating and engaging new film Graves Without A Name , Cambodia, trauma and memory, dignity and the story of life, possibilities, intangible grief and why it’s difficult to understand the soul. Trailer Image: Vann Channarong, Bophana Center Synopsis In Rithy Panh's ( The Missing Picture ) latest exploration of the lasting effects of the Ca...

Brock Cahill Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewarts news film, enemies of sharks and activism, drift net fishing, policy changes and why sometime sit’s easier to like animals more than people. Trailer Synopsis Sharkwater Extinction is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sharkwater, Stewart’s first film, which brought the devastating issue of shark finnin...

Jeff Knoll and Face2Face host David Peck talk about listening, hopeful idealism and change, affordable housing, libraries, community service, Taylor Swift, 1930’s movies theatres and why municipal politics matters. Meet Jeff Knoll I have had the honour of serving as Oakville’s Ward 5 Regional and Town Councillor since being first elected in 2000 and re-elected in subsequent elections in 2002, 2006...

Baldvin Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new beautiful and challenging new film Let me Fall , drug addiction, responsibility, life changing moments, choice and why everything we do has a consequence that can affect others. Trailer Synopsis Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the de...

Benjamin Gilmour, Sam Smith, and David Peck talk about the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Jirga and how one soldier's journey takes him back to Afghanistan to right a wrong. Mike (Smith), an Australian ex-soldier, returns to Afghanistan in search of a civilian family that he knows he wronged three years earlier. His journey from the bustling streets of Kabul to the small village w...

Dr. Michael Klein and David Peck talk about his new book Dissident Doctor and how Medicare and family medicine deserves more respect and support. Biography The son of left-wing American activists, Dr. Klein refused to serve as a military physician during the Vietnam War and fled to Canada with his wife Bonnie in 1967. Dr. Klein later became a family practitioner, pediatrician, and researcher at Mc...

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Astra Taylor and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film What Is Democracy , the house with the white picket fence, what its like the day after the protest, public love and activism and why we should all put on a ridiculous dress from time to time. Trailer Synopsis Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis Astra’s new film What Is Democracy reflects on a word we too ofte...

Imogen Thomas and David Peck talk about her new film Emu Runner , social realism, loss and grief, challenging stereotypes, intergenerational trauma, taking more time for others and indigenous rights and cultures in Australia. Trailer Emu Runner is a story about a nine-year-old Indigenous girl, Gem Daniels, who lives in a remote Australian town. As she copes with her mother’s unexpected death, Gem...

Nandita Das and David Peck talk about her new film Manto, dignity and context, subversive push back, normalized equality, deep convictions, having a social conscience and activism and why you need to be yourself, because everyone else is already taken. Trailer Synopsis Manto begins in an optimistic India waiting to be free from British colonial rule. No one has any idea of the upheaval the Partiti...

There are two certainties in life right? And one of those things is taxes. At least that’s the cliché we are so often reminded of in casual conversation. Death, assisted care and ending life well are not things we often talk about. Janet Dunnett wants to change that. The stats suggest that one in four Canadians will be living in assisted care in the not so distant future. Sobering though really is...

Molly Murphy and David Peck talk about The Mudgirls Building Initiative, patriarchy, capitalism, applied activism, patience and problem solving and why its important not to leave anyone behind. Biography The Mudgirls are a network of women builders on the west coast of BC, Canada. They specialize in using local, natural and recycled materials and can be hired to build with you or for you and to cr...

Filming in difficult conditions led producer Marina Cordoni to comment that she faced, …one of the most important days of her life. This was on the set of the new film Never Saw It Coming. This is a feminist drama starring her and director Gail Harvey. Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least, that’s what she passes herself off as. She watches the news for stories of missing family members and by the...

The current Indian act was first passed in 1876 -- it's been amended but the original act is still in force. In 2002, there were twenty major amendments made but the fact remains that it's based on an old act that was written when settlers' relationships with Indigenous people was different than it is today. The Indian Act is a dense document and there are many things wrong with it. Today's F...

Dev Aujla and David Peck talk about 50 Ways to Get A Job , finding meaning in the simple things, giving back, the road less travelled and why relationships are key to pretty much everything. Dev Aujla is the CEO of Catalog, an insight and recruiting firm that has provided talent and strategy to some of the world’s most innovative companies including BMW, GOOD Magazine, Change.org, and Planned...