Regina Folk Festival and Dunlop Art Gallery are pleased to announce a series of artist talks that will take place in person and online. This partnership offers accessible entry points into the Regina Folk Festival's programming, celebrating the meaningful connections made through art and music.
ARTIST TALKS
When: Sunday August 7 – 3:00-3:45 PM
Free to attend, limited seating, masking required for all guests
Presented in collaboration with Dunlop Art Gallery
Join for an online and in-person conversation with Canadian-Colombian musician and interdisciplinary artist, Lido Pimienta, as she discusses her recent album, Miss Colombia, and her multi-faceted artistic practice. Pimienta will be joined by Regina-based filmmaker and artist, Hagere Selam "shimby" Zegeye- Gebrehiwot, whose work is on view in Dunlop Art Gallery’s current exhibition, for those of us who live at the shoreline. This discussion will be moderated by Dunlop’s Director/Curator Alyssa Fearon.
Cadence Weapon and InfoRed
When: Friday, August 5th at 3:30-4:15pm
Get to know Cadence Weapon, aka Rollie Pemberton: Pitchfork critic, award-winning musician, producer, DJ, and poet laureate in this one-on-one conversation about his new book, Bedroom Rapper, and 2021 Polaris Music Prize winning album, Parallel World with Regina-based hip-hop artist InfoRed aka Brad Bellegard.
Dr. Charity Marsh with Amber Goodwyn
When: Friday July 29 – 7:00 PM CST
Presented in collaboration with Dunlop Art Gallery
Join for a conversation with Dr. Charity Marsh, the director of I'm Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect (2020), as well as Professor in Creative Technologies, Director of the Humanities Research Institute, and Director of the Interactive Media and Performance Labs at the University of Regina (Canada). The documentary focuses on the musical experiences of GRR! on the organizers, musicians, and volunteer women, and non-binary people involved, and how this grass roots activism is impacting those involved, as well as helping to facilitate tangible change in the local music scenes in Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada). This conversation will follow a screening of the film.
SCREENINGS
"RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World"
Stream this film for free any time, any day with your RPL library card on Kanopy. This film was presented at the RPL Film Theatre in June. https://www.kanopy.com/en/reginalibrary/video/4575160
This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. Focusing on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas), Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo, RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World shows how these pioneering Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives.
"I'm Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect"
Saturday July 02 – 7:00 PM CST
Saturday July 23 – 7:00 PM CST
Friday July 29 – 7:00 PM CST (with filmmaker discussion)
Free Admission | Canada | 2020 | 30min | Directed by Dr. Charity Marsh
Where: RPL Film Theatre – Regina Public Library (Central branch) and online
Presentation and Q&A with director Dr. Charity Marsh on July 29.
I'm Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect focuses on the musical experiences of GRR! on the organizers, musicians, and volunteer women, and non-binary people involved, and how this grass roots activism is impacting those involved, as well as helping to facilitate tangible change in the local music scenes in Regina, Saskatchewan (Canada). Director: Dr. Charity Marsh. Editor: Evie Johnny Ruddy. Dr Charity Marsh (she/her) is Professor in Creative Technologies, Director of the Humanities Research Institute, and Director of the Interactive Media and Performance Labs at the University of Regina (Canada). Her research and creative practice focuses on popular music, hip hop cultures, gender and technology, media arts, and activism. Currently, Marsh is producing, Take Up Space, You Matter!, a nationally funded project focusing on fostering (re)connection after the pandemic through trauma-informed community arts programming. Marsh is co-editor of We Still Here: Hip Hop North of the 49th Parallel and director of the award-winning documentary, I’m Gonna Play Loud: Girls Rock Regina and the Ripple Effect.
"Underplayed"
Wednesday August 03 - 7:00 PM CST
Friday August 12 - 7:00 PM CST
Thursday August 25 - 7:00 PM CST
Wednesday August 31 – 7:00 PM CST
Free Admission | Canada | 2020 | 87min | STC | Directed by Stacey Lee
Stream this film for free any time, any day with your RPL library card on Hoopla https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/14085315
Filmed over the summer festival season, Underplayed presents a portrait of the current status of the gender, ethnic, and sexuality equality issues in dance music. Seen through the lens of the female pioneers, next-generation artists and industry leaders who are championing the change, and inspiring a more diverse pool of role models for future generations.
"My Prairie Home"
Thursday August 04 - 7:00 PM CST
Thursday August 11 - 7:00 PM CST
Wednesday August 17 – 7:00 PM CST
Friday August 26 - 7:00 PM CST
Free Admission | Canada | 2020 | 87min | STC | Directed by Chelsea McMullan
Stream this film for free any time, any day on NFB My Prairie Home by Chelsea McMullan - NFB
In this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring process of building a life of their own, as a trans person and as a musician.
