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October 2023 - Page 2

Five Picks for imagineNATIVE Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
October 17, 2023
Festivals

Highlights from Toronto's imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which runs October 18 to 22, and later online.

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DOC NYC Announces Short List, Winner’s Circle Selections

by Pat Mullen
October 17, 2023
Festivals

DOC NYC announces Short List and Winners Circle selections, including Rojek, 20 Days in Mariupol, The Eternal Memory, and The Disappearance of Shere Hite.

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Stevie Salas and James Burns on Making Boil Alert, Together

by Audrey Chan
October 16, 2023
Interviews

An interview with Boil Alert directors Stevie Salas and James Burns about their collaborative doc about Indigenous water rights and identity.

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s-yéwyáw: Awaken Review – The Wisdom of Elders

by Pat Mullen
October 13, 2023October 16, 2023
Festivals/Reviews

In s-yéwyáw: Awaken, Liz Marshall observes as artists Echo Alecko, Alfonos Salinas, and Charlene SanJenko learn from their Indigenous elders.

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Mister Organ Review: Down the Filmmaker’s Rabbit Hole

by Pat Mullen
October 12, 2023
Reviews

David Farrier takes audiences down a darkly funny and sinister rabbit hole with Mister Organ and a character who loves a good story.

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The Mission Review: Playing Mission Impossible

by Rachel Ho
October 12, 2023
Reviews

The Mission sees Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine investigate the 2018 death of John Chau, who was killed while on mission to the isolated population of North Sentinel Island.

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Doc Highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Fest

by Pat Mullen
October 11, 2023
Festivals

Documentaries at Planet in Focus Environmental Festival include Cabin Music, Deep Rising, s-yéwyáw: Awaken, Silvicola, Nuked, and The Hearing.

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Breaking Social Review: When Leaders Fail the Public Trust

by Pat Mullen
October 10, 2023
Reviews

Fredrik Gertten examines a web of connected social inequalities in Breaking Social, and the writers and protesters drawing attention to abuses of power.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Review: A Master Composer Performs His Own Elegy

by Larry Fried
October 10, 2023March 13, 2024
Festivals/Reviews

Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus sees the Japanese composer offer his final concert with a cinematic and melancholic farewell through some of his most memorable compositions.

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Attila Review: The Long Road to Healing

by Courtney Small
October 9, 2023January 22, 2024
Festivals/Reviews

Stephen Hosier offers a personal documentary about friend Richard Csanyi and his effort to understand the addiction that claimed the life of his twin brother, Attila.

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