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Giving you our points of view on the latest docs in release and on the circuit.

TIFF 2020: Inconvenient Indian Review

Inconvenient Indian (Canada, 90min.) Dir. Michelle Latimer Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Given the deserved attention that Michelle Latimer has garnered during this festival season, it’s important to realize the she chose to work in the most difficult form of documentary, the essay film, for her high profile feature Inconvenient Indian. It’s hard to foreground any film with a thesis when audiences want narrative and compelling characters. How do you keep people engaged when your concerns are far graver than the mistreatment of a single individual? Latimer has made a film that rose to the challenge of making largely white audiences understand the tragic history

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TIFF 2020: The Way I See It Review

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Pete Souza, the protagonist of The Way I See It, surely practiced his craft that way for 40 years. The White House photographer for Ronald Reagan in the Eighties and Barack Obama during his entire eight years as President, he learned how to be “the guy who disappears” while taking shots of each President during their terms in office.

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TIFF 2020: Underplayed Review

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One can’t help but be fascinated by Lee’s DJs and their artistry. While the film remains focused on the struggles that these women have endured, there is plenty of room left to enjoy fairly lengthy samples of their musical accomplishments.

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TIFF 2020: 76 Days Review

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76 Days is a classic cinema verité doc, which effectively depicts what happened at hospitals in Wuhan, China from February to April in the midst of the pandemic. Plunging us directly into the action, we see a nurse screaming in agony.

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