On Her Shoulders (USA, 94 min.) Dir. Alexandria Bombach Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Films like On Her Shoulders are awkward to review. When a documentary tackles a subject that is
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More than three decades passed before an Inuk was able to make a feature film that showed a native perspective on the seal hunt. Alethea Arnaquq-Baril’s documentary Angry Inuk is that long-awaited
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Artist and activist Elaine Brière’s credo is that “one of the most important functions photography has is recording history.”
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