Issue 122 – Fall/Winter 2024

The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, a four-part documentary series premiering at TIFF and debuting on Prime Video this fall, charts the history of a band that delivered music that Canadians could proudly call their own. The film leads a new issue of POV that highlights docs debuting on the fall festival circuit, as well as the growing field of music docs.

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Cover photo by David Bastedo

This issue will be en route to subscribers at the end of August.

Inside this issue:

Publisher’s Note by Pat Mullen

Editorial by Marc Glassman

Policy Matters by Sarah Spring
On the CRTC’s ruling on Big Streamers

Imagining Canada by Marc Glassman
The NFB visualized contemporary Canada with groundbreaking feminist, diverse, and Indigenous films.

You Could Win an Oscar by Tom White
Behind the scenes of Oscar doc campaigns and To Kill a Tiger‘s grassroots nomination

Morgan Neville Talks Pharrell, Piece by Piece by Jason Gorber
Rebuilding the music doc one LEGO brick at a time.

“This Is Our Life” by Pat Mullen
Is it time to declare The Tragically Hip “Canada’s band?” No Dress Rehearsal makes the case.

Beyoncé is your favourite artist’s favourite artist…and maybe filmmaker, too by Gesilayefa Azorbo
The BeyHive buzzes for a documentary “renaissance.”

Hip Hop Docs: Community, Rhymes, and Life by Courtney Small
How hip hop stories give voice to Black culture.

The Monstrous Body by Justine Smith
Gutsy docs explore fears and wonders associated with the human form.

A Family Affair by Winnie Wang
From the Lumières to the Rosses, some families have film in their DNA.

Alan Zweig Has a Job for the First Time in 50 Years by Samantha Hodder
The veteran filmmaker’s gift for gab finally pays off.

In Limbo at Ontario Place by Susan G. Cole
Ali Weinstein creates a visual homage to a great park in Your Tomorrow.

The Polaroid of Our Time by Rachel Ho
The art of cohabitation is redefined by Gen Z in Halima Elkhatabi’s Living Together.

So Indigenous, So Surreal by Liam Lacey
A journey through the loss and repatriation of Indigenous masks with So Surreal: Behind the Masks.

The Lagoon of the Dying Hippo by David Cuevas
The Soldier’s Lagoon and Pepe artfully consider Colombian history.

Making It Real by Peter Watson
Photo docs consider the art and politics of the perfect shot.

Absolutely Fabulous by Matthew Hays
Pierre Dalpé reflects on shooting Wigstock, New York’s iconic drag festival.