Todd Haynes' tale of 1950s prejudices in America. Housewife Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) thinks she has the perfect set-up; two children, a successful husband (Dennis Quaid) & a house in the suburbs. But this vision is shattered one night when she surprises her husband at work & finds him in the arms of another man. Not able to tell anyone in her social circle, she finds solace with their African-American gardener, Raymond (Dennis Haysbert). However, when they are seen alone together by Cathy's best friend (Celia Weston)
- a social taboo in that era
- the gossip begins & this threatens to reveal the Whitaker's secret life.

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John Gill provides a revealing insight into Todd Haynes' cult classic Far From Heaven (2002), the first single critical study of the film. Gill explores how Haynes confronts issues of race, sexuality & class in a surburban 1950s American neighbourhood, in a clear homage to director Douglas Sirk & his work of the period. ...

Following the outbreak of war in 1939, Williams was sent to England as an untrained, but enthusiastic, amateur member of the Canadian army. This is a memoir of Williams that offers a retelling of his childhood, of growing up in Calgary during the Depression. It tells tales of meeting various famous & ordinary people of the twentieth century. ...

Mary Chung, founder of the National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO), shatters the myth that Asians are the model minority group in the US & reveals the hidden health crisis that endangers 11 million people in the Asian American community. NAWHO has worked to establish the facts to demonstrate how serious the problems are. ...