THE
CONVERGED CITIZEN
Volume IX Issue VI
www.ThemedIaPleX.com
aPrIl 23, 2014
Campaign promotes organ donation for all
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MP Brian Masse ( Left ) and Rob and Nancy Campana look on as Amanda Iarusso speaks about the icandonate.ca campaign. The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness about the discrimination against gay men who want to donate organs.
The Birder cast speaks about Point Pelee Shaun Garrity Citizen Staff Reporter
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An actor with the movie The Birder says he accepted his role because of emails he received before the audition process. Marc Rendall, 26, was speaking at a press conference April 3 at the Capitol Theatre. Media outlets had the opportunity to interview the film’s cast during a Q and A. Rendall shared a story about two emails messages he received from his mother and The Birder associates which he said were kind of spooky. “There were two emails in my inbox: one from Gerry (Lattmann) and Ted (Bizaire) sending me the script and one from my mom. The email from my mom was that she was out in Point Pelee with my grandmother and her sisters spreading my grandfather’s ashes,” said Rendall.
“The reason they chose Point Pelee, was because my grandparents met there when they were 14 and 16.” He said he remembered his grandfather being an avid bird watcher his entire life. “To have those two emails side by side, felt spooky, almost felt like it was fated,” said Rendall. When Rendall read the script he said it was absolutely hilarious. He found the film to be memorable and meaningful. “It followed a birder in Point Pelee, who bears an uncanny resemblance to my grandfather,” said Rendall. Birding is a recreational activity involving the observation of birds. It can be achieved with the naked eye, with photo devices like cameras, telescopes or by simply listening for bird noises. Actress Tommie-Amber Pirie, who plays Laura in The Birder, said Paul Pratt, naturalist for the City of
Windsor, became involved with making of the film. She said Spratt was a bird-enthusiast and educated the cast about birds. The Birder cast relished Pratt’s company and one day while filming he could not be found. “One day he went missing. I guess he had red-eyed to Mexico. He discovered a bird was traveling and he needed to get there to photograph it,” said Pirie. The crew also had several notable memories. Jamie Spilchuk, 29, actor in the film said he remembers the part when a barn was set ablaze with pyro technicians. “We got the local Windsor Fire Department to play the actual firemen in the film,” said Spilchuk. The Birder will play at the Lake shore Cinemas for the next week. for more information go to www.thebirdermovie.com.