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In the news: ZOS holds lens up to Bosnia

From Brian Gorman of the Sudbury Star:

  • Disturbing the peacekeepers
    “Bosnia is one of those places that naturally lends itself to black humor and surrealism. Set in the former Yugoslav republic, ZOS: Zone of Separation is both. The eight-part series debuts Monday, Jan. 19, on Movie Central in Western Canada and The Movie Network in the East. And it blends high drama, black comedy and a surrealistic tragedy so dark that it occasionally wanders over the line into comedy.” Read more.
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In the news: ZOS an uncomfortable watch

From Joel Rubinoff of the Waterloo Record:

  • Gritty drama takes an ambitious look at the private hell of peacekeepers
    “Ugly, depressing and filled with a surfeit of cable hallmarks — gratuitous sex, grisly violence and ear-bleeding profanity — this ambitious look at the private hell of UN peacekeepers trying to maintain a fragile truce between Muslim and Christian factions in a Casablanca-like no man’s land will be a poison pill for anyone hoping for feel-good homilies about doing the right thing.” Read more.
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Majority Rules in production

From a media release:

E1’S BLUEPRINT STARTS PRODUCTION ON TELETOON’S FIRST LIVE-ACTION/ANIMATED SERIES ‘MAJORITY RULES’

MR Full Cast 01Recently acquired by global entertainment content producer and distributor Entertainment One (E1), Blueprint Entertainment is proud to announce the start of production on 26 half-hour episodes of the Teletoon original live-action/animated tween comedy series, MAJORITY RULES (formerly GO GIRL). E1’s global film and television distributor Oasis International will handle the worldwide rights for series, which started production on Monday, January 12th and will feature a lively and eclectic mix of animation and visual collage techniques.

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Alex Trebek hosts Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister

From a media release:

QUESTION: WHO IS CANADA’S NEXT GREAT PRIME MINISTER?
ALEX TREBEK HOSTS THE NATION’S ANNUAL SEARCH

  • MARCH 18, AT 8 P.M., ON CBC TELEVISION

Emmy Award-winning Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek returns to his CBC roots to host CANADA’S NEXT GREAT PRIME MINISTER, Wednesday, March 18, at 8 p.m. As host of the one-hour special presentation, Trebek will lead four ambitious young candidates as they fight for their political futures in front of former prime ministers: Paul Martin, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell and Joe Clark.

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