A characteristically intimate study of an experimental psychiatric centre for adolescents in Etobicoke, Ontario, Warrendale is both King’s most provocative film bearing a family resemblance to Frederick Wiseman’s devastating Titicut Follies
Embed from Getty Images “The official number is 1700, but it’s actually more like 1800,” says Jack Blum, executive director of REEL CANADA, about the number of screenings for this year’s special Canada 150 edition of National Canadian Film Day [NFCD 150]. It’s a whopping event—literally the largest film festival the world has ever seen.
Vicki Lean’s After the Last River, a moving and inspiring portrait of the people of Attawapiskat and their fight to protect their community when a new site for resource extraction leads to devastating consequences
erfume War tells an inspiring tale of friends in wartime. This documentary by Michael Melski chronicles the story of two friends, Barb Stegemann and Trevor Greene, who inspired one another to change the world through small acts of bravery.
POV presents Canada's "Documentary Essentials": a starter guide of ten short docs and ten features that should help readers explore all the non-fiction that this country had to offer.
If you want to understand the Canadian psyche, you have to watch Canadian documentaries.
David Lynch: The Art Life lets audiences get inside the head of the acclaimed auteur.
Vanessa Gould's Obit is a remarkable doc goes inside the pages of the New York Times
Complicit puts a human face on the stories of China’s migrant workers who toil away to make the modern conveniences many of us enjoy at a low cost.
In Tickling Giants, Sara Taksler chronicles Bassem Youssef’s journey from wisecracking surgeon to YouTuber, late night celebrity and political pariah.