A Place of Tide and Time (Canada, 78 min.) Dir. Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere) Audiences at Hot Docs 2016 should remember Sébastien Rist and Aude Leroux-Lévesque’s extraordinarily
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Keep ReadingKilling Patient Zero (Canada, 98 min.) Dir. Laurie Lynd Programme: Special Presentations (World Premiere) “People who are young do not understand in any real way, even if they know the fact, that
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"There’s greater gender parity in documentary than in fiction and the approach to directing in non-fiction is to relinquish control. There’s a kind of humility or surrender. It’s not about the filmmaker;
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"I don’t regret anything that we did. I know that in any moment, I could have lost my life, my daughter, and my husband," says Waad al-Kateab on her film For Sama,
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Tasha Hubbard's nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up examines the murder of Colten Boushie and the legacy of colonial violence that underscored the trial of Gerard Stanley.
Keep ReadingThe Brink (USA, 91 min.) Dir. Alison Klayman Should documentarians make movies about ultra-conservative toxic scumbags like Steve Bannon? The answer, after watching Alison Klayman’s The Brink, is, unfortunately, “Yes.” The Brink is the latest
Keep ReadingAmazing Grace (USA, 87 min.) Directed by Sydney Pollack and “realized” by Alan Elliot I’ve caught myself a few times over the past week calling Amazing Grace an archival film. “It’s great, but as
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