Gelek spoke with artist, educator, friend and troublemaker Susan Blight to get her take on the best films and music to come out of an impossibly bewildering and isolating year. The episode begins with Susan’s participation in Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto [03:00], what films mean to her and her top five selections [9:45], the Michelle Latimer issue [37:00], and finally, Susan’s connection to music and her top five records, plus song of the year [46:00]
Episode Notes
Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto [03:00]
Susan’s connection to the world of cinema [9:45]
First film pick: Time [13:40]
PLUCK [18:00]
POSSESSOR [24:00]
êmîcêtôcêt: Many Bloodlines [27:00]
Honorary mention: Mandalorian [28:30]
The importance of supporting Indigenous artists [34:10]
The Michelle Latimer controversy [37:00]
What music means to Susan [46:00]
First album: It Was Good Until It Wasn't - Kehlani [48:20]
Featuring Ty Dolla $ign - Ty Dolla $ign [51:05]
Shore - Fleet Foxes [55:15]
City on Lock - City Girls [57:00]
BLAME IT ON BABY (DELUXE) - DaBaby [58:15]
Song of the year: Laugh Now Cry Later (feat. Lil Durk) [64:40]
Close [66:54]
Bio
Susan Blight (Anishinaabe, Couchiching First Nation) is an interdisciplinary artist working with public art, site-specific intervention, photography, film and social practice. Her solo and collaborative work engages questions of personal and cultural identity and its relationship to space. She is a PhD student in Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto and her dissertation examines Anishinaabeg geographies of resistance. In August 2019, Susan joined OCAD University as Delaney Chair in Indigenous Visual Culture and as Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Links
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
The best music, films and fashion of 2020 - Susan Blight (72 mins)