Articles by Sarah Stupar

About Sarah Stupar

Sarah Stupar is a writer, performer and producer based in Calgary AB. She has previously written for The Cranbrook Townsman, the Saltchuck Review, 95eh.ca and GoCranberley. Sarah holds a degree in Communications from Concordia University with double minor in First Peoples Studies and Arabic Studies. Her passions include exploring the intersection of Wild West mythology and Indigenous culture, and performing stand up comedy.

CIFF returns!

September 21, 2023 Sarah Stupar

The Calgary International Film Festival or CIFF, is back for its 24th year! The festival takes place September 21 – October 1 at Cineplex Eau Claire and The Globe Cinema. The festival will showcase over […]

Review: Dancing Around the Table, Parts I & II, NFB films by Maurice Bulbulian

August 23, 2023 Sarah Stupar

Dancing Around the Table Part One and Dancing Around the Table Part Two, are both NFB documentaries directed by Maurice Bulbulian. In 1980, triggered by the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution, Representatives of Native Peoples […]

The Calgary Black Film Festival is back for its third edition

May 25, 2023 Sarah Stupar

The Calgary Black Film Festival is back for its third edition! Described as “Necessary, Innovative, Strong, Diverse and Bold programming,” the Calgary Black Film Festival sets out to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants. The Calgary […]

Film Screening: CATHARSIS aims to de stigmatize therapy in African & Black Communities.

March 6, 2023 Sarah Stupar

Sarah Uwadiae last graced the pages of the Calgary Guardian in May 2022 on the red carpet of the Calgary Black Film Festival, where her documentary Home first premiered. Even then she was already talking […]

An interview with Calgary Animator Anne Koizumi

February 1, 2023 Sarah Stupar

Anne Koizumi is a self taught animator from Calgary AB, whose first exposure to audiences came through her participation in 2006 in the NFB Hot House Series. Her one minute animation film depicts a prairie […]

Review: Cheryl Foggo’s John Ware Reclaimed an essential viewing for Albertans

January 2, 2023 Sarah Stupar

John Ware Reclaimed is a 2020 documentary written and directed by Cheryl Foggo for the NFB. The film is just over one hour and “follows filmmaker Cheryl Foggo on her quest to re-examine the mythology […]

Queendemme Project Culminates in Music Video Release

October 12, 2022 Sarah Stupar

Calgary has a certain kind of reputation in Canada and the world. The home of Stampede is often perceived as a largely white, conservative, wild west frontier town. While there are aspects of that reputation […]

Review: Chuckwagon, an NFB film by Robert Barclay

September 22, 2022 Sarah Stupar

Chuckwagon is a 1964 documentary written and directed by Robert Barclay. The film is 9 minutes long and “offers a ringside view of the chuckwagon race, star attraction of the world-famous Calgary Stampede.” The film […]

Tennyson King photographed by Jen Squires

Musician Tennyson King talks life on the road and learning Mandarin

August 22, 2022 Sarah Stupar

International touring act Tennyson King is coming to Calgary for two special outdoor shows! It seems like you should have seen Tennyson King by now, because he tours so extensively across Canada, and isn’t afraid […]

Franco Festival Calgary to be celebrated Saturday Aug 13

August 11, 2022 Sarah Stupar

Knowing that Alberta is an officially uni-lingual English province, it is interesting to remember that francophones were actually the first Europeans to visit this province. While the French Canadian fur traders and religious men who […]