Highlights from the 2018 TIFF Doc Conference included talks with Werner Herzog, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Maxin Pozdorovkin, and more.
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Globalization and Its Discontents is Knowledge Network's 10-week programme of documentaries from Canada and around the world.
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