Independent, not Bush-league: A conversation with filmmaker John Sayles
October 19, 2004
Charles Demers
Though progressive film-going audiences have recently fallen in love with the documentary, one of American cinema's greatest storytellers is still on our side. With seminal classics like Matewan, Lonestar and The Brother from Another Planet under his belt, John Sayles talks about his newest film with Seven Oaks.

The Greatest Canadian gender?
October 19, 2004
Gina Whitfield
What do Wayne Gretzky, John A. Macdonald, Lester Pearson and Alexander Graham Bell have in common? They're all, apparently, Great Canadians -- besides having penises from Europe. Seven Oaks asks if Shania Twain is truly the Greatest female we've got.

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In a result that apparently surprised both sides, a wards, or neighborhoods, system for electing Vancouver city councilors was rejected in a plebiscite this past Saturday, October 16. Community activist Mel Lehan of the Yes for Wards campaign spoke to Seven Oaks about the reasons for the defeat, and future prospects for implementing change to how we elect our representatives at City Hall.

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