A filmmaker reflects on his late father's secret life and more arts stories you might have missed

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These are the week's can't-miss stories:

Separate Beds: Regina filmmaker shares his parents' relationship — and his father's 40-year secret (CBC Saskatchewan)

Regina filmmaker Layton Burton shared a special video tribute titled "Separate Beds" this past Father's Day. The short film chronicles his parents' relationship and how they had always slept, quite literally, in separate beds. Burton had never considered the conditions of his parent's marriage until the passing of his father. It was while going through his late father's items, that he discovered several letters revealing that his father was gay. Burton was overwhelmed with emotions for both his father and mother's sacrifice — and decided to pay homage to their powerful story by creating the short film.

Sask. First Nations skateboard designer collaborates with artist Kent Monkman on new series (CBC Saskatchewan)

Micheal Langan, a First Nations skateboard designer, has made it his mission to educate people about colonialism in Canada. (CBC Arts profiled him late last year.) The skateboard designer operates Colonialism Skateboards in Regina, where he has recently embarked on a powerful collaboration project with Cree artist Kent Monkman. Monkman's famous painting "The Scream" has been chosen as one of Langan's latest skateboard designs. The powerful image shows Indigenous children being taken away from their families by members of the Catholic Church. Langan selected the image for his latest design because of his family's own personal experience with residential schools. Revisit CBC Arts' profile on his work from late last year.

'These children understand already': Responding to The Secret Path in the classroom (CBC Short Docs)

"The Secret Path: In The Classroom" is a short documentary that follows a group of students in a Toronto classroom who have been studying Gord Downie's The Secret Path, a project telling the story of a young boy named Chanie Wenjack who died while escaping a residential school. Downie took Wenjack's true story and created the project, which includes a solo album, graphic novel and film. Now, that story is being taught in schools — and in this documentary, Wenjack's two sisters Daisy and Pearl visit the Toronto students, who have prepared an artistic surprise for the family.

Stripped: When vulnerability meets performance (Now or Never)

Dan Augusta is an actor and creator of the theatrical piece Lame Is: a Disability Cabaret. Since childhood, Augusta has had multiple illnesses, most of which are immune deficiency disorders — and those illnesses have left him with scars and noticeable features. During his performance, Augusta stands stripped down to his underwear and invites the audience to ask as many questions as they would like about his body. The show is a way for him to take ownership over the otherwise uncomfortable conversations that may happen around his appearance.

54-year-old 'skater chick' using photography to imagine a world of equality (CBC Calgary) 

Marlena Hielema is a photographer from Calgary who recently rediscovered her love of skateboarding. The 54-year old skated as a child but had forgotten all about it until a kid in her neighbourhood decided they wanted to learn how. Hielema, then 50, got back on her skateboard and found a passion for it once again. The esteemed photographer quickly found a way to merge both of her passions together and began photographing skateboarders, focusing on female ones. "As women, we need to create the images of women and girls that we want to see," she explains. Her photography project looks at the way we see women and girls, and presents them in an empowering way.

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