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Rendezvous with Madness Marks 30 Years of Therapeutic Festival-Going

by Pat Mullen
October 25, 2022
Festivals

Rendezvous with Madness Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with films like How to Save a Dead Friend and I Didn't See You There.

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Now Streaming: Kímmapiiyipitssini Is an Urgent Portrait of Community Care

by Pat Mullen
June 13, 2022
Features

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers' acclaimed documentary Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is now available to stream for free from the National Film Board of Canada.

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American Pain Review: Darren Foster’s Doc Confronts Opioid Crisis Profiteers

by Jason Gorber
June 13, 2022
Festivals/Reviews

Darren Foster's documentary American Pain is an equally excruciating and entertaining study of those who profit from the opioid crisis.

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Love in the Time of Fentanyl Intimately Observes How Harm Reduction Saves Lives

by Paloma Pacheco
May 12, 2022November 14, 2022
Festivals/Interviews

An interview with Love in the Time of Fentanyl director Colin Askey on documenting front line workers in Vancouver's East Side amid the opioid crisis.

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Rendezvous with Madness Docs Spotlight Mental Health

by Pat Mullen
October 28, 2021
Festivals

Previewing the documentaries at Rendezvous with Madness, which runs Oct. 28 - Nov. 7.

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Roadrunner Review #2: Why Did He Do It?

by Marc Glassman
July 18, 2021August 7, 2021
Reviews

Why did he do it? Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef, brilliant memoirist and charismatic TV essayist took his own life on June 8, 2018. Tall, thin, sardonically funny, downbeat handsome in a

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Roadrunner Review: Anthony Bourdain Doc Delivers a Signature Dish

by Pat Mullen
July 13, 2021July 14, 2021
Reviews

Cooking can be wonderful therapy. Few people grasped this sentiment quite like Anthony Bourdain did. Yet, tragically, food and cooking couldn’t save Bourdain, whose death by suicide in 2018 shocked the world

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His Name Is Ray Review: Seen from the Other Side

by Pat Mullen
May 19, 2021July 7, 2021
Reviews

Meet Raymond Martin, or Ray, as everybody calls him. Ray lives in Toronto. The closest thing to a fixed address that Ray has is the intersection of Lakeshore Boulevard and Jameson Avenue

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The Crime of the Century Review: A towering examination of the Opioid Crisis

by Marc Glassman
May 7, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

We all know that way too many people have died from overdosing on supposedly legal drugs, but have you looked at the numbers lately? In Alex Gibney’s brilliant new investigative series The

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I’m Wanita Review: Hot Mess Hits a High Note

by Pat Mullen
May 6, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Wanita Bahtiyar is one hot mess. The Australian honky tonk singer aims to hit the restart button on a stillborn musical career. Her comeback fuels the offbeat, entertaining, and consistently surprising documentary

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Your Oscar nominees for Best #Documentary Feature Your Oscar nominees for Best #Documentary Feature 🏆
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Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! T Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! THE LONGEST GOODBYE director Ido Mizrahy jobs us to talk space and social isolation. 🚀

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"The thread that links all my films is to create a "The thread that links all my films is to create a space of visibility for people at the edge of visibility."

Alice Diop joins us to discuss the documentary roots of #SaintOmer! You can catch her docs now on @mubicanada and SAINT OMER opens at @tiff_net Friday from @films_we_like. 📽

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How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe to tell their story? Here's director Alex Pritz on Tangãi's journey to becoming one of the film's cinematographers.

🔗 Read more in our full interview with Pritz: https://povmagazine.com/alex-pritz-on-the-territory-and-participatory-filmmaking/

📽️ THE TERRITORY is on Disney+ in the USA.

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Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toront Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toronto until Feb. 15, catch THEN & NOW, the first in a series of double-bills of German cinema streaming online through 2023. 

Among the films screening in this month's selection is the documentary TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER, which observes how younger generations carry the weight of the Holocaust if it is so far removed from their experiences. 🇩🇪

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If social media is the toilet of the internet, wha If social media is the toilet of the internet, what is the solution? BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE sees four women share stories of online harassment. 

🔗 Review: https://povmagazine.com/backlash-review-get-riled-up-with-stories-of-cyber-sexism/

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What does it mean when your subject is a key colla What does it mean when your subject is a key collaborator? Here's #Wildcat director Trevor Frost on working with subject Harry Turner to film the re-wilding of ocelots Khan and Keanu. 🐈

🔗 Read the full interview: https://povmagazine.com/how-wildcat-captures-our-harmony-with-animals/

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Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with ne Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with news that @netflixca's #IslandOfTheSeaWolves squeaked out the year's biggest controversy to be our top read of 2022! Find out what else drew readers' interest this year, and get some tips on docs to watch (or watch for!) at home and in theatres. #documentary #Bestof2022 #marmot #film 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/povs-top-reads-of-2022-what-drives-doc-readers-interest/
Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Trevor Frost joins us to discuss documenting ocelots, collaborative filmmaking, and taking care of a subject's mental health. 🐾 #Wildcat #cats #ocelot #documentary #film #movies 

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Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, t Fresh off his #Emmys win (congrats!), @bauzilla, the voice behind beloved characters like #BugsBunny, joins us to talk animation, authentic storytelling, and his doc series @staytoonedtv. 🐰 

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New interview on the site! #MyMindAndMe director A New interview on the site! #MyMindAndMe director Alek Keshishian tells us about filming @selenagomez, creating space for conversations about mental health, and how celebrity has changed since #TruthOrDare #SelenaGomez #mentalhealth #music #documentary #AlekKeshishian
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