Filmmaking and Videoblog
HiMY began making stop motion animation films using Super 8 film under the guidance of artist Aiko Suzuki (sister of David Suzuki) in the early ’80s.
He appears in the film documentaries:
- City Idol (2007)
- A Moment of Noise (2009)
- World Against War – Toronto Anti-War Actions (2008)
- Garbage Day (currently in post production)
He performed camera work on the War Resisters documentary Let Them Stay (2005).
In March of 2006, HiMY helped compile footage for broadcast on Al-Jazeera of Toronto events in support of the release of James Loney during the Christian Peacemaker Team hostage crisis.
He curated his first Peace and Social Justice themed film festival during the One Big kNOw – Pro Peace Arts Festival in Toronto on March 12, 2006.
In his first run for Toronto City Council, he opened his campaign office inside the storefront of the Metro Theatre in Koreatown.
In 2009, he became a Founding Board Member of CLiFF, The Canadian Labour International Film Festival — The World’s First National Film Festival.
He appears in the Philip Maglieri film “Garbage Day“, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the 2009 Civic Workers’ Strike in Toronto.
An Independent Photojournalist, his still images appeared in Threadbare and A Moment of Noise.
HiMY SYeD is based in Toronto.
HiMY‘s Vlog / Videolog / Video Blog is Viewtopia ::: Films by HiMY SYeD.
