The Exiles revisits Christine Choy's documentation of the Tiananmen Square Massacre via a look back with the artist and the activists she filmed.
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Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something might have learned a lesson from the artist's ability to mix music and activist messaging.
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Mothers of the Revolution takes audiences to the frontlines of feminism while revisits tale of anti-nuclear protests.
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Franz Böhm discusses his Hot Docs Audience Award winner Dear Future Children, which takes the pulse of the global youth movement.
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As part of the 2021 festival, Cannes dedicated a sidebar to “Cinema for the climate.” This group of mostly non-fiction films tackled various storylines that somehow relate to environmental causes. This, combined
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The power of the people resonates strongly in We Are Many. This long gestating—and long shelved—doc from director Amir Amirani chronicles the global protests against the USA’s invasion of Iraq. We Are
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Hot Docs Audience Award winner by Franz Böhm is a compelling portrait of youth activists in Hong Kong, Chile, and Uganda.
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An individual’s effort to make the world a better place can often feel like a drop in the ocean. Not in this case. Hell or Clean Water reminds audiences that one drop
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Systems Down, one of this year’s themed programs at Hot Docs, features a collection of stories about individuals fighting against broken structures of oppression. Fitting snugly into the theme of the good
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“Chinese rock ‘n’ roll is like a rolling egg,” says musician Cui Jian at the end of You Are the Days to Come. “Yet, we have not been broken or harmed. I
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