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CBC’s Documentary channel airs “Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” on Sunday Feb 26 at 7:00pm ET

brandy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:14:42 +0000

“Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” will air on CBC’s Documentary channel at 7pm ET this Sunday, February 26th.

This film explores how immigrants, refugees and temporary workers are changing and challenging the western Alberta city of Brooks. Here is a promo of the documentary: http://vimeo.com/28109255

“Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” Screening and Filmmaker Visit in Markham, Ontario

brandy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:47:27 +0000

Screening and Filmmaker Visit
Come to Angus Glen Library on March 3, 2012 to meet Canadian journalist and documentary filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk and view a screening of her new documentary “Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos”. This film explores how immigrants, refugees and temporary workers are changing and challenging the western Alberta city of Brooks.

Ms. Yanchyk grew up in Unionville and has been a Broadcast Journalist at BBC World TV, the BBC World Service and also a Reporter at CBC in Toronto, Edmonton and London, England. She will be discussing the making of documentary films and the immigrant experience in Canada.

Angus Glen Library

Saturday March 3rd

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Free

Cave diving in New Zealand

brandy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:23:44 +0000

“Brandy Yanchyk goes after adventure at the Waitomo Caves in New Zealand, experiencing the steepest abseil in the world into the black abyss of an underwater river.”

“Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” to air at the Metropolis Conference on March 1st in Toronto

brandy — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:29:23 +0000

” Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” will air as part of MOVIE NIGHT at the Metropolis Conference, hosted by CERIS-The Ontario Metropolis Centre which will focus on future immigration trends and policies and the challenges and opportunities that they create for Canadian society. Director Brandy Yanchyk will be at the conference on Thursday, March 1, 8:00pm to 9:30pm when the documentary airs to do a question and answer period afterwards. The 14th National Metropolis Conference will be held on February 29, 2012- March 3, 2012 at Westin Harbour Castle, in Toronto, Ontario.

Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” to air at the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival in Alabama!

brandy — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:57 +0000

Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos has been chosen for the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival in Florence, Alabama from March 1 to 3rd, 2012! “Florence, Alabama is one of the four cities, which comprises the Shoals, located on the Tennessee River.” Here is a promo of the documentary: http://vimeo.com/28109255

“Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” to air at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival

brandy — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:22:49 +0000

“Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos” has been chosen to air at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival in February! Click here to watch the promo.

Art on an Australian Outback train

brandy — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:31:11 +0000

“First Person: Painting on a train across the Australian Outback

Greg Fisher is a train manager on a line which crosses Australia from Sydney to Perth. He paints portraits and landscapes as he travels 4,000 km across the Outback on Great Southern Rail. Mr Fisher talked to the BBC’s Brandy Yanchyk describing his journey and what led him to combine art and transport.”

Ultimate thrills from around the world

brandy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:55:56 +0000

“Some of Fast Track’s favourite adrenaline rushes from 2011 – Carmen Roberts treks up Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia, Tayfun King tries a death-defying mountain bike trail in Bolivia and Amandeep Bhangu reports from the Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil, Rajan Datar goes chariot riding and Brandy Yanchyk tries ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies.”

Heli-hiking in the remote Canadian Rockies

brandy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:57:28 +0000

“Brandy Yanchyk experiences a guided heli-hike in the mountains of British Columbia – an adventure which encompasses travelling by zip-lines, climbing a via ferrata, and visiting glaciers.”

CBC’s Labrador Morning Show’s interview about “Brooks – The City of 100 Hellos”

brandy — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:48:54 +0000

CBC.ca | Labrador Morning Show | A Growing Community Part 5
“In our final installment of the series, we head west where a documentary has been about about foreign workers coming to Canada to fill jobs. Brooks, Alberta is a city in transition. The small southern Alberta community has always been a hub for local farmers and ranchers – a centre of traditional “cowboy culture.” But when the town’s meat-packing plant began to look beyond Canadian borders for its employees, life in Brooks began to change. Immigrants from around the world settled in the town… and filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk was there. Brandy directed and produced “Brooks – City of 100 Hellos”.”
Click here to listen