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The Mother And The Bear’s director Johny Ma on how shooting in Winnipeg changed his mindset
Johnny Ma never intended to shoot The Mother And The Bear in Winnipeg. When he initially began writing the script he set it in Cincinnati, as that’s where the Korean mother who inspired the film had actually traveled to. “For me, inspiration always comes from real life,” Ma tells Flatlander. “I’d met this woman in […]
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After last week’s defence of sunny Prairie winters, a fast-moving Alberta clipper arrives to remind Saskatchewan and Manitoba who’s really in charge—bringing sudden cold, sharp winds, and one of winter’s strangest nicknames. Depending on where it crosses the border, the same storm takes on far more dramatic names.