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Tom White

Tom White is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor.

A crowded audience sits in a conference room where four panelists discuss a topic. The screen behind them advertises the topic of "Truth or Bias".

Hot Docs Industry Conference: Truth and Bias in the Age of Trump, Influencers, and AI

by Tom White Marc Glassman
May 10, 2025
Hot Docs/Industry

Highlights from the Hot Docs Industry Conference included conversations about navigating truth and bias in the Trump era, and artificial intelligence.

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You Could Win an Oscar—You Can’t Never Tell

by Tom White
December 17, 2024
Features/Industry

On hard fought Oscar nominations and the high price of an Academy Awards campaign in an increasingly competitive documentary field.

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Highlights from Hot Docs Industry Conference 2024

by Tom White
May 21, 2024
Hot Docs/Industry

Highlights from the 2024 Hot Docs Industry Conference included a talk between Astra Taylor and Brett Story, and DOC's annual report.

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Ethics and Accountability: A View from the U.S.A.

by Tom White
September 2, 2023
Features/Industry

What are one’s moral responsibilities when holding the camera in a documentary? A view of new practices in ethics and accountability from the USA.

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Hot Docs Podcast Sessions: Crossing Over, Breaking In, and Collaborating

by Tom White
May 23, 2023
Hot Docs/Industry

Hot Docs Podcast Sessions at the Industry Conference featured words from Connie Walker, Tanya Talaga, Michelle Shephard, and Nicole Newnham.

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Hot Docs Conference Sessions: Deep Dives into EDI, Ukraine, and Distribution.

by Tom White
May 10, 2023
Hot Docs/Industry

Highlights from the Hot Docs Conference included industry conversations about EDI, the situation in Ukraine, and distribution tips from pros.

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Before the Sun Explores the Spiritual Force of Horses

by Tom White
April 28, 2023May 6, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

An interview with Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun director Banchi Hanuse and subject/horse racer Logan Red Crow

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The State of Docs in the United States

by Tom White
November 25, 2013February 12, 2022
Industry

For documentary filmmakers in the USA, independence is crucial to artistic voice and vision, and to truthseeking and storytelling.

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Do It Yourself or Die: American Docs Now

by Tom White
September 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Industry

For independent artists in American docs, the support structure has always been less defined and promoted than it has been for organizations.

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@mullenpat & @filmfest_ca report on the #documentary side of #Sundance as the festival says goodbye to Park City.

Highlights from the festival include @nuisance_bear_film, @onceuponatimeinharlem2026, Time and Water, @americandoctorfilm, and more!

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Our team is still going strong with #Sundance! Vis Our team is still going strong with #Sundance! Visit POV for more highlights, including:

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Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on t Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺

Our team is reporting on the #documentary side from Park City. Visit POV to read about these five (and others!) in our reviews and interviews so far:
📽 American Doctor
📽 Ghost in the Machine
📽 Once Upon a Time in Harlem 
📽 Birds of War
📽 Nuisance Bear 
📽 Barbara Forever
📽 Sentient 
📽 Soul Patrol
📽 To Hold a Mountain
📽 Hanging by a Wire

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They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️

💻: On Netflix Feb. 1
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How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out!

Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 

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📽: A Private Life is now in theatres. 

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Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆

Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

Best Song 
✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless 
✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

🎟: use HDCxGD20 to save 20% on tickets!
📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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Chef Masaki Saito brings cutting edge realness in Still Single.

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