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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, 2017August 1, 2023
Features

Why Terre Nash's NFB Oscar winner If You Love this Planet is one of Canada's essential documentaries for its portrait of the harms of nuclear war.

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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, 2017July 24, 2023
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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