Unreconciled by Jesse Wente

Author:Jesse Wente [Wente, Jesse]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Published: 2021-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

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When the internship came to an end, I had my home-video column and what seemed like an increasingly steady spot on Metro Morning; plus, I was offered a three-month contract to stay on at the CBC. Still, I held onto the idea that I’d go to Humber and eventually start making movies. But those plans were derailed. First, Julie had decided to go back to school to study law and we figured it might be best for one of us to have an income. Second, and much less practically, it’s a pretty cushy job to go see a movie and then be paid to voice your thoughts about it. It was fun, and I felt like I was a part of the film industry—even if it wasn’t in the capacity I’d imagined when I was in school.

Jack Batten finished his book and came back for a while, but the producers eventually moved on when the show went through a refresh. I was officially hired as the film critic at that point, initially alternating weeks with Cameron and Maxine Bailey before that dynamic brother-and-sister duo took on senior leadership roles at the Toronto International Film Festival. Behind the scenes, after nearly two years of living three-month contract to three-month contract across a variety of departments, I was hired full time as a producer for The Arts Report, a daily arts-focused newscast hosted by the veteran broadcaster and respected dance critic Michael Crabb. I later moved on to produce The Arts Today, a national arts show hosted by Eleanor Wachtel, who was also host of the hugely popular literary program Writers & Company.

It was a fun and busy time. Not only was I producing long-form interviews with some of the world’s most prominent artists for a host who was a tremendous interviewer; I was also enjoying a regular spot on the top morning show in Canada—along with an excuse to watch all the movies I could handle. I felt, if not fully established, then well on my way. I felt happy and comfortable and capable. And I felt that I was finally in a place where I had something real to give back, where I could make good on the promise I’d made my mom before I went to university. It was time to turn back to my community.

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