Have y’all seen The Help? Based on American author Kathryn Stockett’s novel and directed by Tate Taylor. The film is set in Jackson, Mississippi during the civil right’s movement of the 1960’s. It is a true testament to following your dreams, heartfelt connection and a different perspective on a turning point in history. Most of all, made me wish that all children grew up with their own Aibileen to tell them each day “you are […]

  So many stories I hear from the Downtown Eastside are the stuff of books. Take Push by Sapphire from which the movie Precious is inspired from for example; incest, family violence, neglect, poverty and the indomitable power of imagination. What’s your story? If you had to be a book, what story would you choose? In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, the burning point of book paper is 451 degrees fahrenheit. At the end of the […]