Articles by Susan G. Cole
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Barbara Hammer: Putting Her Body on Cinema’s Frontlines
A retrospective of the late, great Barbara Hammer, who forged new terrain for representing the experiences—and bodies—of lesbian women on screen.
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Paying It Forward
While directing #BLESSED for producer Cornelia Principe, Ali Weinstein took on the production of director Lulu Wei’s first feature There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘I Want You If You Dare’
This compelling film tracks the loving relationship between Jana, an adult woman severely disabled by cerebral palsy, and Martina, her mercurial alcoholic mother
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Hot Docs Review: ‘Breaking the Silence’
Priscilla Padilla’s Breaking the Silence is a moving meditation on cultural longing and female empowerment.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘Hong Kong Moments’
Hong Kong Moments is an exceptional portrait on both sides of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘umbrella demonstrations’.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘Keyboard Fantasies’
Spend an hour with a grounded, gifted, grateful musician who definitely has a lot to say and gorgeous music to play.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘First We Eat’
First We Eat is an absorbing documentary about resourcefulness under pressure and a women’s determination to finish what she starts.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘The 8th’
Witness a historic triumph in the fight for abortion rights in Ireland with Hot Docs film The 8th.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘The World Is Bright’
Ying Wang’s The World Is Bright won the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award at Hot Docs 2020.
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Hot Docs Review: ‘Her Mothers’
Hot Docs selection Her Mothers, portrait of a lesbian couple adopting a child, is intimate and raw.
