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Monday, June 3, 2019: Ava DuVernay, Mariko Tamaki and more

Today on q: filmmaker Ava DuVernay, q screen panel with John Semley and Tina Hassannia, Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Sarah Tolmie, artist and author Mariko Tamaki.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay, Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Sarah Tolmie, artist and author Mariko Tamaki. (Getty Images, University of Waterloo, House of Anansi Press)

Today on q, with host Tom Power:

  • Filmmaker Ava DuVernay talks about her new Netflix series When They See Us and why the story of the Central Park Five still matters 30 years later.
  • The q screen panel discusses what's at stake if major Hollywood studios boycott Georgia over its controversial abortion law.
  • Griffin Poetry Prize nominee Sarah Tolmie reads from her poetry collection The Art of Dying.
  • Artist and writer Mariko Tamaki tells us about her new YA graphic novel and why its message about unhealthy relationships is relatable at any age.

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