In Dear Mama, Allen Hughes deftly explores the life of rapper Tupac Shakur and his mother Afeni, a civil rights activist and Black Panther member.
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Patrick and the Whale is a portrait of a whale researcher takes a page from My Octopus Teacher's playbook and not for the better.
Theatre of Thought Review: Herzog on the Brain
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Free Money Review: The Politics of Giving
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Review: Poitras’ Masterpiece
Laura Poitras delivers a masterpiece with All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and its portrait of photographer Nan Goldin's fight against Big Pharma.
In Her Hands Review: Women on the Frontlines
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While We Watched Review: Journalism Under Fire
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Concrete Valley Review: Straddling Two Worlds
With Concrete Valley, Antoine Bourges crafts a slice of life hybrid film about new Canadians in Toronto straddling two worlds.
Black Ice Review: How ‘Canada’s Game’ Dropped the Puck
In Black Ice, Hubert Davis deconstructs systemic racism in hockey and highlights the Black athletes have persevered in perceived 'white spaces'.