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Matthew Rankin

Biography

Matthew Rankin

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  • Born
    August 5, 1980 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Biography

  • Matthew Rankin was born on August 5, 1980 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a director and editor, known for Universal Language (2024), The Twentieth Century (2019) and Cattle Call (2008).

Family

  • Parents
      Laird Rankin
      Lynn

Trivia

  • Son of Laird Rankin Winnipeg, 5 December 1940 - 19 June 2017), Canada's History former executive director and publisher.
  • Speaks Esperanto.

Quotes

  • We all know what political moment we're living in. Every day, there are new Berlin Walls shooting up all around us and pitting us against each other into very cruel binaries. And if our film [Universal Language] stands for anything, it stands for the fact that kindness can in fact be a radical gesture.
  • I really do believe that art can do something that politics can't do, that art can do something that the cruel logic of markets can never achieve. And so, I just want to take the opportunity to salute everyone in this room for the work that you do. We are, you know, to work in culture is to choose community over solitude. And that is very precious.

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