Issue 82 - Summer 2011
POV issue 82 – Alan Zweig completes his “mirror trilogy” and moves on from being Canada’s documentary curmudgeon to a more ‘lovable’ figure.
With her feature Inside Lara Roxx, filmmaker Mia Donovan explores the life of a young porn actress who contracted HIV.
Read MoreIn Mighty Jerome, Charles Office offers a brilliant look at a man from a similar background: Harry Jerome, Olympic runner and icon.
Read MoreDouglas Arrowsmith’s documentary about singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, Love Shines, is a meticulously crafted and highly absorbing film.
Read MoreGereon Wetzel’s films El Bulli: Cooking in Progress and How to Make a Book with Steidl deal with the experience–the total work of art–or the Gesamtkunstwerk.
Read MoreTrish Dolan's Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson and David York's Wiebo's War offer radical portraits of environmental renegades.
Read MoreLike most niche fests, Hot Docs emerged humbly when the Documentary Organization of Canada established it in 1993 as an industry insider’s event, but it's since grown into a premiere worldwide event.
Read MoreAt its core, the new Canadian film Mulroney: The Opera by Larry Weinstein is an intertwining tale of boy meets girl.
Read MoreIf ever there was a modern-day manifestation for the expression “Mighty things from small beginnings grow,” Kartemquin Films is it.
Read MoreCanadian shorts that made it to Rotterdam’s prestigious international film festival addressed reality in very different ways.
Read MoreAn anthology by Tom Waugh, Ezra Winton, and Michael Brendan Baker celebrates the NFB’s Challenge for Change documentaries.
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