Here’s the first peek at Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage, written by Dartmouth’s Josh MacDonald and based on his play, Halo. The film stars Callum Keith Rennie (24) and Martha MacIsaac (Superbad), and is directed by George Mihalka, who is nominated for DGC’s Best Director of a Feature Film Award for his work on Faith, […]
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Josh MacDonald’s Faith Fraud and Minimum Wage premieres in Shanghai
Callum Keith Rennie and Martha MacIsaac Faith Fraud and Minimum Wage, based on the play Halo by Dartmouth writer Josh MacDonald, gets its premiere faraway from home at the Shanghai Film Festival. Starring Callum Keith Rennie and Martha MacIsaac (Superbad) and directed by George Mihalka, the film follows what happens after a teenager fakes an image of Jesus outside her workplace. The film was selected as part of the Shanghai Film Festival’s Official Selection FOCUS CANADA program. Shot in Spryfield and Shubenacadie during April 2009, MacDonald also wrote the screenplay, and local actors Don Allison and Andrew Bush also appear.
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Josh MacDonald’s Halo moves to the big screen
“I’ve done a lot of bracing over the years—I don’t think it’s any huge secret that any low-budget Canadian film has about 10 near-death experiences on its way to fruition,” says Josh MacDonald. “But here we were, first day of photography.” The Dartmouth writer first put the idea for Halo to paper a decade ago […]