Avi Lewis is one of Canada’s most controversial and eloquent media personalities. His new weekly television series – Inside USA, examining the real issues at stake in the US presidential election – debuted on Al Jazeera English television network in February 2008. His previous shows--On The Mapwith Avi Lewis, a daily half-hour of opinionated international news analysis and The Big Picture with Avi Lewis, combining hard-hitting documentaries and town hall debates--aired on CBC Newsworld in 2006 and 2007. In 2004, he directed his first feature documentary, The Take, which follows Argentina’s new movement of worker-run businesses. An emotional story of hope and resistance in the global economy, The New York Times called it “a stirring, idealistic documentary.” It was released theatrically in Canada, the U.S., and across Europe, was nominated for 4 Gemini Awards, and won the International Jury prize at the American Film Institute festival in Los Angeles. In the late 90s, as the host and producer of counterSpin on CBC Newsworld, Lewis presided over more than 500 nationally televised debates in three years. In the early 1990s, he hosted City TV’s landmark music journalism show “The New Music.” At the same time, he was MuchMusic’s Political Specialist, pioneering political “uncoverage” for a youth audience and winning a Gemini Award for Best Special Event Coverage.
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“Avi Lewis, the passionate and knowledgeable host brought his show's Town Hall style of spirited exchange...”
Banff Television Festival
Speaker Topics
The Value of Education
Globallization and Development
New Forms of Workplace Organization
Canada's Role in the World
Canada and the US
Climate Change and the End of Oil
War and Peacekeeping
Duo presentation featuring Stephen Lewis and Avi Lewis: Avi Lewis, CBC journalist, activist and documentary filmmaker speaks candidly with his father, Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa.
