The articles are being filed and the festival announcements are rolling in! The POV team is hard at work on our upcoming fall/winter issue in time for the festival circuit. POV #122 is coming soon and features first looks at some of the documentaries hitting the circuit with stops in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Windsor, and other screens across Canada. Subscribe today to be among the first to read the issue in print. Here are some highlights from our next issue:
-First looks at new docs on the circuit including Academy Award winner Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom) in conversation about his imaginative portrait of singer/producer Pharrell Williams, told through the star’s own words and…LEGO! Canadian documentaries in the issue will be revealed following festival announcements.
-The NFB at 85: Milestones in the history of the National Film Board of Canada.
-Anatomy of an Oscar campaign: a look at the grassroots effort that made To Kill a Tiger the first Canadian feature documentary nominated for an Oscar in 37 years in an increasingly competitive field.
-A closer look at hip hop docs like As We Speak and Free Meek, which give voice to a community and illustrate the power of music to effect positive change.
-The buzz from the Beyhive: how Beyoncé joins the music doc revolution by commanding both sides of the camera with films like Renaissance, Lemonade, and Homecoming.
-Sibling films: from the Lumières to the Maysles to the Ross brothers, some documentaries prove that it’s best to keep it in the family.
-Documenting monsters: sure, films have captured monsters like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump, but what are other “monster movies” in the world of non-fiction?
-The Colombian connection: two recent award winners on the festival circuit, The Soldier’s Lagoon and Pepe, offer unique and visionary takes on Colombian history.
-A gift for gab: filmmaker Alan Zweig talks about using his interview skills to make his podcast debut while working on a new doc that draws upon the art of conversation.
-Photography at 24 frames per second: how do documentaries about still photographers capture the power of a single image? Docs like War Photographer, The True Meaning of Pictures, and Finding Vivian Maier go under the microscope.
-Is photography a drag? Pierre Dalpé spent years capturing shots of the crowd looking fabulous at the iconic Wigstock drag festival and offers some of his career highlights in a new collection.
-DOC executive director Sarah Spring returns with a new Policy Matters column.
-And more!
