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Jason Anderson

Raised in Calgary and based in Toronto, Jason Anderson writes regularly for such publications as Uncut, Cinema Scope, and POV, and is a programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival.

Does It Have Impact?

by Jason Anderson
June 30, 2020August 25, 2021
Features/Industry

It’s been sixteen years since the release of The Corporation introduced a wealth of exciting strategies for producing, promoting, and distributing Canadian documentaries that seek not just to enlighten viewers but give

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Willie Then and Now

by Jason Anderson
October 29, 2019August 25, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Willie is the story of Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHL’s colour barrier. It feels like something we all ought to know already, but the sports icon finally gets his

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Message in the Music

by Jason Anderson
July 24, 2017January 9, 2022
Features/Hot Docs

“Music is an incredible conduit for telling complex stories,” says Catherine Bainbridge. “It just opens us up as humans to listen.” The Rezolution Pictures co-founder has seen that to be true ever since her

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘The Corporation’

by Jason Anderson
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

In 1886, a U.S. Supreme Court decision held that corporations were entitled to the same rights and protections enjoyed by flesh-and-blood individuals. Thanks to this kind of legal fancy footwork, which shielded

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘If You Love This Planet’

by Jason Anderson
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

“Well,” director Terre Nash told viewers of the 55th Academy Awards ceremony as she picked up her statuette for best documentary short, “you really know how to show a foreign agent a

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘The Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam’

by Jason Anderson
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

s the first Vietnam documentary of its kind, Beryl Fox's The Mills of the Gods inevitably met a divisive reaction, yet the impact of her work can be measured in the prizes

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘North of Superior’

by Jason Anderson
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

Understanding the value of a first impression, Graeme Ferguson ensured that IMAX made a doozy of one. This groundbreaking short doc is a true Canadian thrill ride.

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘Picture of Light’

by Jason Anderson
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

To make the mesmerising Picture of Light, Peter Mettler undertook a quixotic quest to capture one of the natural world’s most famous and dazzling spectacles, the northern lights.

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Hot Docs 2015: Eco Docs

by Jason Anderson
April 23, 2015February 3, 2022
Festivals/Hot Docs

Hadwin's Judgement, The Messenger, Fractured Land, Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World are confront environmental issues at Hot Docs 2015.

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Singing the praises of the unsung

by Jason Anderson
April 13, 2015February 3, 2022
Essays

Music docs offer underdog tales of people whose ambitions were thwarted and whose gifts went unacknowledged in a tough industry.

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Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! T Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! THE LONGEST GOODBYE director Ido Mizrahy jobs us to talk space and social isolation. 🚀

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"The thread that links all my films is to create a "The thread that links all my films is to create a space of visibility for people at the edge of visibility."

Alice Diop joins us to discuss the documentary roots of #SaintOmer! You can catch her docs now on @mubicanada and SAINT OMER opens at @tiff_net Friday from @films_we_like. 📽

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/alice-diop-on-the-documentary-roots-of-saint-omer/

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How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe to tell their story? Here's director Alex Pritz on Tangãi's journey to becoming one of the film's cinematographers.

🔗 Read more in our full interview with Pritz: https://povmagazine.com/alex-pritz-on-the-territory-and-participatory-filmmaking/

📽️ THE TERRITORY is on Disney+ in the USA.

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Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toront Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toronto until Feb. 15, catch THEN & NOW, the first in a series of double-bills of German cinema streaming online through 2023. 

Among the films screening in this month's selection is the documentary TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER, which observes how younger generations carry the weight of the Holocaust if it is so far removed from their experiences. 🇩🇪

New films added monthly!

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If social media is the toilet of the internet, wha If social media is the toilet of the internet, what is the solution? BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE sees four women share stories of online harassment. 

🔗 Review: https://povmagazine.com/backlash-review-get-riled-up-with-stories-of-cyber-sexism/

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What does it mean when your subject is a key colla What does it mean when your subject is a key collaborator? Here's #Wildcat director Trevor Frost on working with subject Harry Turner to film the re-wilding of ocelots Khan and Keanu. 🐈

🔗 Read the full interview: https://povmagazine.com/how-wildcat-captures-our-harmony-with-animals/

🗣️: Watch the full convo: https://youtu.be/v8f5LSK2Efo

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Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with ne Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with news that @netflixca's #IslandOfTheSeaWolves squeaked out the year's biggest controversy to be our top read of 2022! Find out what else drew readers' interest this year, and get some tips on docs to watch (or watch for!) at home and in theatres. #documentary #Bestof2022 #marmot #film 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/povs-top-reads-of-2022-what-drives-doc-readers-interest/
Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Trevor Frost joins us to discuss documenting ocelots, collaborative filmmaking, and taking care of a subject's mental health. 🐾 #Wildcat #cats #ocelot #documentary #film #movies 

🔗 https://povmagazine.com/how-wildcat-captures-our-harmony-with-animals/

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Presenting... the best documentaries of 2022! Head Presenting... the best documentaries of 2022! Head on over to our website full the full list and drop your picks in the comments! #AllTheBeauty #FireOfLove #ToKillATiger #TheTerritory AllThatBreathes #GeographiesOfSolitude #Rojek #GoodNightOppy #EternalSpring #documentary #bestof2022
Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, t Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, the voice behind beloved characters like #BugsBunny, joins us to talk animation, authentic storytelling, and his doc series @staytoonedtv. 🐰 

🔗 Read the interview: https://povmagazine.com/eric-bauza-talks-stay-tooned-and-the-state-of-animation/ 

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