Blood Quantum - Filmed in Canada Ep.84

Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 9:50 a.m.

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\\nWilliam and Chris try not to think about the global pandemic by watching a zombie pandemic movie. They explore the roots of their feelings about Blood Quantum, a new movie by Mi\'kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby. The talk covers Canada\'s 1982 Constitution Act, Predator, Dawn of the Dead and District 9.
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More information about Blood Quantum on IMDb. Detailed show notes after the break.
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00:01 A slowly reopening podcast\\n01:50 VIFF online
\\n03:45 Totally Under Control, a documentary by Alex Gibney
\\n05:20 Totally Under Control, It\'s about greed and not compassion
\\n06:00 Totally Under Control, History written in the moment
\\n06:55 Totally Under Control, 72 million voted for Donald Trump
\\n07:35 Totally Under Control, Princess cruise ship
\\n08:15 Blood Quantum, a film by Jeff Barnaby
\\n09:30 Blood Quantum, It\'s set in Red Crow, Quebec
\\n10:00 the cast of Blood Quantum
\\n14:30 the plot of Blood Quantum
\\n16:00 Blood Quantum, White people can be infected
\\n17:55 Blood Quantum, Quoting an ancient settler proverb
\\n18:45 Blood Quantum, Measuring Indigenous ancestry
\\n20:30 Blood Quantum theory undercooked in the narrative
\\n21:45 Blood Quantum, Why is it set in 1981? Chris doesn\'t know
\\n23:30 Blood Quantum, compared to 28 Days Later
\\n24:45 Blood Quantum, That scene is gruesome
\\n25:20 Blood Quantum and the Canada Constitution Act, 1982
\\n27:15 Blood Quantum, Barnaby asked his cast to watch Alanis Obomsawin\'s film
\\n29:00 Blood Quantum, Zombie salmon and zombie dog
\\n30:00 Blood Quantum story synopsis on Wikipedia is wrong
\\n31:10 Blood Quantum has some thrills and real jeopardy
\\n32:30 Blood Quantum and Predator, I ain\'t got time to bleed
\\n34:20 Blood Quantum and that scene from Aliens
\\n35:35 Blood Quantum, I appreciate something that I haven\'t seen before
\\n36:20 Blood Quantum displays a lot of value for its $4.5 million
\\n37:20 Blood Quantum and Exotica were big budget Canadian films
\\n37:45 Blood Quantum, I\'ve had it with white people
\\n38:05 Blood Quantum, I like it as much as I like other zombie movies
\\n39:15 a superficial way to remember Blood Quantum
\\n39:50 Blood Quantum versus the zombie films of George Romero
\\n41:20 Blood Quantum, Listuguj and Indigenous activism
\\n43:40 Blood Quantum compared to District 9
\\n44:45 the fantasy of racism and Black Like Vic
\\n45:25 our rating of Blood Quantum
\\nThank you for listening.
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