Parents have a lot on their shoulders, and part of their job is preparing their kids for the world they are going to grow up in and this includes topics about race.
Michael Crummey and Holly Hogan, who are two of the three finalists for the BMO Winterset literary award, share a roof but have different approaches to their work. Crummey has earned a reputation over the years for literary fiction, while Hogan has tapped into her work as a biologist for a powerful book on the state of the ocean.
CBC video producer Mark Cumby spent years picking through footage, photos and, yes, many posters as he built a documentary about a music scene that was inspired by the grunge of Nirvana, and yet was very much its own.
In December 1873, a giant squid had its photo taken in St. John's. In this full-length documentary, the CBC’s Mike Rossiter and Mark Cumby tell the story behind the photo, how it galvanized the world and how it continues to inspire people today.
How and why did a giant squid get its photo taken in downtown St. John’s? And what happened to it after that? CBC producers Mike Rossiter and Mark Cumby take a deep dive into a strange photo and its even stranger history and even seeing part of the creature after all this time. Watch The Sea Monster of Water Street Dec 28 on cbc.ca/nl and on Here & Now on Jan. 8.