Overtime is a 40-minute documentary about Kelley Lee-Gilmore, a 60-year-old mother, wife, and university professor, who also loves hockey. It has been at the Calgary International Film Festival and the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. I recently had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kelley and her daughter, who also directed Overtime, Jenny Lee-Gilmore to…
In a world where Tilda Swinton was cast to play a Tibetan in Doctor Strange, and Scarlett Johanssen was cast for a Japanese character in Ghost in the Shell, it is an understatement to say that there is a lack of Asian visibility in Canadian and American popular culture. Despite the fact that Asian Americans make up…
Paul Kariya. Steve Kariya. Richard Park. Devon Setoguchi. Brandon Yip. Andong Song. Vicki Sunohara. Julie Chu. That’s about it isn’t it? All of the Asian hockey players of any consequence who have played at a high level? Maybe I a missed a couple but you get the point – Asian’s don’t exactly have a storied…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 