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Rachel Ho

A film writer currently based out of Toronto, Canada, in addition to POV Magazine, Rachel contributes to Exclaim!, That Shelf and her own blog, rachelkh.com.

A film still from We Will Be Brave showing eight Good Guise members sitting together in a circle during one of their community sessions. It looks similar to a circle therapy session.

How We Will Be Brave Changes the Conversation About Healthy Masculinity

by Rachel Ho
November 28, 2023
Interviews

An interview with We Will Be Brave director Chrisann Hessing about her award-winning documentary that explores conversations about masculinity and mental health post-#MeToo.

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Relics of Love and War Review: Putting Chinese Canadian History on the Record

by Rachel Ho
November 22, 2023December 4, 2023
Reviews

Keith Lock traces his family history and, in turn, the stories of other Chinese-Canadian families omitted from records in Relics of Love and War.

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A man is standing on a beach at the edge of the water. He is wearing a light green shirt and has a dark blue backpack.

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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The Evergreen Power of Mr. Dressup

by Rachel Ho
September 17, 2023
Features/Interviews/Reviews

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe celebrates the beloved TV character by Ernie Coombs who delighted Canadians for generations.

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The Pigeon Tunnel Review: A Most Wanted Interview

by Rachel Ho
September 14, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

Errol Morris sits down with David Cornwell, aka author John le Carré, for the ultimate documentary tête-à-tête in The Pigeon Tunnel.

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Swan Song Review: A Fitting Tribute to Karen Kain’s Legacy

by Rachel Ho
September 9, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

Karen Kain's farewell to the ballet is fittingly rendered with a portrait that lifts up the next generation of dancers in Chelsea McMullan's Swan Song.

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Marielle Dalpé on Aphasia and Finding a Way with Words

by Rachel Ho
September 4, 2023
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Aphasia director Marielle Dalpé about her animated NFB short on the effects of the neurocognitive condition.

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Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback Review – The Return of the King

by Rachel Ho
August 15, 2023
Reviews

Reinventing Elvis: The ’68 Comeback examines the TV special that reignited Elvis Presley's career and introduced a new era of unplugged TV music performances.

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Hong Kong Mixtape Review: Ode to a Changing Nation

by Rachel Ho
May 5, 2023
Hot Docs/Reviews

In Hong Kong Mixtape, San San F Young illustrates that the heart and soul of Hong Kong was, and always has been, with its people.

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Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law? Review: The World at Their Feet

by Rachel Ho
May 4, 2023
Hot Docs/Reviews

Who's Afraid of Nathan Law? is a display of the cunning nature of students, and a reminder of the potential felt with the world at one's feet.

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If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of imm If documentary, at its heart, is a practice of immersion, does the mean its a perfect fit for VR? 🥽

In an new essay, @silafaen looks at documentaries like #TheRealityOfHope that are produced in the VR world and docs made in the gaming space like #GrandTheftHamlet to consider a new frontier for non-fiction!

📰: Issue 123, on stands now
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Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an e Meet Nutty, Ugly, Boris, Cheech, and Chong in an exclusive clip introducing the dogs from @endlesscookie_movie! Catch this zany animated doc in theatres June 13. 🍪

Winner of the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at @hotdocs_.

#EndlessCookie #movies #dogs #film #animation #documentary #Shamattawa
Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, fo Thank you, @ontarioartscouncil and @bowman_dvw, for supporting the arts in our community! Our OAC grant has allowed us to publish two print issues annually and year-round online stories covering many film festivals and documentary filmmakers in Ontario and across Canada! 🙏 #thankful #ONarts #documentary #magazines
Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfes Catch top docs from the circuit at @bluemtnfilmfest! 📽

Some POV approved highlights include:
- Come See Me in the Good Light 😭
- Mistress Dispeller ♥️♥️♥️
- Shelf Life 🧀
- Front Row 🩰

And more!

The festival runs May 29 - June 1! #documentary #BMFM2025 #BlueMountain #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #MistressDispeller #FrontRow #movies #film
More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six More awards for documentaries! Assange doc The Six Billion Dollar Man wins inaugural Globes-Artemis Rising Docu Award at Cannes in new collaboration between @goldenglobes and @artemisrisingfoundation. What doc do you think would have won last year?🏆 #documentary #Cannes #TheSixBillionDollarMan #film #movies
🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, 🎥 We're proud to co-present @speak.documentary, one of the year's top docs, for its Toronto premiere at @insideoutfestival on Saturday, May 24 at TIFF Lightbox. 

The hit documentary about students putting their voices to good use in the national championships for public speaking.

 🎟️🎟️ Want to attend the in-theatre screening of Speak at Inside Out? POV has five pairs of tickets to give away to readers. 

👉All you have to do to enter is answer the following question:

What film is the opening night gala of Inside Out 2025?

a) Cactus Pears
b) Baby
c) Sauna
d) Outerlands

Need a hint? Check out the festival lineup!

📨 Email your answer to info@povmagazine.com with the subject Inside Out.

Contest closes May 21 at noon EST.
Inside Out runs May 23 to June 1.

#InsideOut #Speak #movies #Toronto #LGBTQ #gaytoronto #film #contests #queer #documentary
The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good L The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good Light wins @hotdocs_ Audience Award after holding the #1 spot all festival, while Endless Cookie wins Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. 🗳

Your top five:
1. Come See Me in the Good Light
2. Endless Cookie
3. Antidote
4. Coexistence, My Ass!
5. Saints and Warriors

Visit POV for the full top 20! (Link in stories.)
#hotdocs25 #hotdocs #Documentary #ComeSeeMeInTheGoodLight #EndlessCookie
Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing?

Here are some recent highlights from our team:
1. Industry - @barri.cohen offers our first dispatch 📋
2. The Longer You Bleed - @mullenpat on Made in Exile highlight 🇺🇦
3. I, Poppy - @filmfest_ca on Best International Feature winner 🏆 
4. They're Here - @smallmind1978 on doc about strange visitors 🛸
5. The Secret Lives of My Three Men - @bgos923 reviews hybrid highlight 🎭
6. I Dreamed His Name - Alexander Mooney looks at a personal journey 🇨🇴
7. Ai Weiwei's Turandot - @marc.glassman on an artist in times of war and COVID 😷
8. Widow Champion - @susangcole looks at sisters in a struggle 🙋‍♀️
9. Circusboy is a Wisemanesque view of the big top 🎪
10. Higher than Acidic Clouds defies censors 🇮🇷

🔗: visit POVmagazine.com for reviews of nearly every feature at the fest!

#HotDocs25 #hotdocs #Documentary #film #movies
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