Diving into the art and politics of documentary through essays, filmmaker conversations, backgrounders, op-eds, previews, lists, and long reads.
Hussain Currimbhoy replaces Shane Smith as Artistic Director of Hot Docs following his departure in June, while Heather Haynes gets promoted to director of festival programming
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An interview with Rojek director Zaynê Akyol about her documentary that fearlessly considers the roots of religious fundamentalism that motivates people to fight.
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An interview with Another Body directors Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn about their documentary that exposes the pervasive power of deepfakes.
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An interview with The Contestant director Clair Titley about access to people, archival materials, and different cultures in her documentary.
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Omar Mouallem's The Lebanese Burger Mafia explores the secret sauce behind an eclectic Alberta fast food chain that provides immigrant families with a slice of the Canadian dream.
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Watch a clip from the documentary Wisdom Gone Wild, Rea Tajiri's touching and poetic look at her mother's experience with dementia.
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An interview with 299 Queen Street West director Sean Menard about his documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of MuchMusic.
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Racial Equity Media Collective (REMC) releases report A National Data System and Benchmarking for Racial Equity regarding Canada's screen sector.
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Undertaker for Life, now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, is a humorous study of life, death, and what happens in between.
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An investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate, "Making an Icon", challenge's Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims of Indigenous identity
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