Shana MacDonald is a doctoral candidate in the Communication and Culture program at York University. She has an MA in Cinema and Media Studies from York University (2005) and a BFA in Film from Ryerson (2001). Her present research entitled “Revolting Bodies: The Performative Cinemas of the American Avant-Garde,” examines the discursive history of feminist experimental film in North America between 1945 and 1975. Her recent publications include contributions to the film journal Senses of Cinema and the forthcoming anthology Rape in Art Cinema (Contiuum 2009) edited by Dominique Russell.
Shana is also a Toronto based filmmaker and visual artist. Her films have been screened across Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Her visual art and installation work has appeared at local public art festivals including Toronto’s Alley Jaunt and AluCine Media Festival. She is a member of both the Loop Collective and L.O.T: Experiments in Urban Research.
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Angela Joosse is a doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in Communication and Culture at York and Ryerson Universities. She holds an MA in Communication and Culture, BFA in Film Studies from Ryerson, and BA in Philosophy and Fine Art from Calvin College. Angela has contributed to the recent publication, Image and Territory: New Essays on Atom Egoyan (2007), edited by Monique Tschofen and Jennifer Burwell. She is also a Toronto-based film and video artist. Her recent works include Shapes Eat Shapes and 4C, which have received national and international screenings. And her latest film, Film-Landscape-People: and Exquisite Corpse, a hand-processed film made in collaboration with Marcia Connolly, has been included in the official selection of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2009.
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