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Troublemaker Review: Nelson Mandela’s Long, If Rocky, Walk to Freedom

by Jason Gorber
February 2, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

Nelson Mandela's life and career receives a fond appreciation in Antoine Fuqua's Troublemaker, even if it avoids tougher questions.

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A Kikiuyu woman picks crops in a field. She has a large basket on her back.

Kikuyu Land Review: A Plantation of Corruption

by Courtney Small
January 29, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The fight to reclaim land taken amid the colonization of Kenya fuels Kikuyu Land, an important documentary with a few too many threads.

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Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League Review: A Four Hour Advertisement for the Next Investors’ Meeting

by Rachel Ho
September 6, 2025
Reviews

Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League has good intentions with its story of helping athletes find success on the continent has good intentions, but plays like PR.

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93-year-old Ghanaian filmmaker Chris Hesse holds up a reel of film and is pointing at the label and smiling. He has grey hair and is wearing a multicolour patterned shirt.

The Eyes of Ghana Review: A Human Portrait with a Wider Lens

by Pat Mullen
September 6, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

The Eyes of Ghana sees Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot find one of his better subjects in 90-year-old Ghanaian filmmaker Chris Hesse, a cameraman who captured a nation's history.

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The marquee of Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema is lit up and seen from street view at night. The marquee text is white and green with a green border.

Eight Projects Receive Support from Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund

by Pat Mullen
May 21, 2025
Hot Docs/News

Eight documentary projects receive funding from the Hot Docs-Blue Ice Docs Fund supporting voices in African film and media.

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Mati Diop on Dahomey and Decolonial Documentary

by Pat Mullen
November 1, 2024July 15, 2025
Features/Interviews

An interview with Dahomey director Mati Diop about her documentary that observes the repatriation of Beninese artwork returning from France.

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Dahomey Review: The Ghosts of Colonialism

by Pat Mullen
September 15, 2024November 1, 2024
Reviews/TIFF

Mati Diop offers an enigmatic consideration of the ghosts of colonialism that haunt the present as artworks return to Africa in Dahomey.

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Made In Ethiopia Review: When China Meets Ethiopia

by David Cuevas
June 14, 2024June 17, 2024
Reviews

Made in Ethiopia observes the plight of workers in the Eastern Industry Zone of Dukem, Ethiopia.

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Blind Ambition Review: The Taste of Freedom

by Pat Mullen
October 6, 2022
Reviews

Blind Ambition is an entertaining and inspiring underdog tale that tells the story of Zimbabwe's first wine tasting team as they ready to compete on the world stage.

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Free Money Review: The Politics of Giving

by Liam Lacey
September 15, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

Sam Soko and Lauren De Filippo examine the politics of universal basic income in Free Money as NGO GiveDirectly tries a pilot project in Africa.

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Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weeken Catch the Oscar short docs in theatres this weekend! 🏆

This year's nominees are:
🫏 perfectly a strangeness
🩺 The Devil Is Busy
📷 All the Empty Rooms
🪧 Children No More: "Were and Are Gone"
📹 Armed With Only a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

🔗: link to review in bio

📽: TIFF; But also streaming! All the Empty Rooms is on Netflix and Seemed with Only a Camera, The Devil Is Busy, and perfectly a strangeness are in Crave. 

#shorts  #film #movies #Oscars #donkeys
How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard him before?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert film editor and executive producer Jonathan Redmon tells us about re-mastering the King himself. 🤴 

🔗: in bio
📽: in theatres Feb. 20

#Elvis #elvispresley #movies #film #Documentary
Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary open Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary opening wide, and it's #EPiC!

Don't miss EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Luhrmann's maximalist music doc that had TIFFgoers dancing in the theatre. 

📽: IMAX theatres Feb. 20; regular cinemas next week. 
🔗: in bio

#Elvis #elvispresley #Documentary #bazluhrmann
RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true master RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true masters. 🕯

In films like Titicut Follies,  National Gallery, In Jackson Heights, and Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, his observational eye and appreciation for institutional intricacies (and how to critique them) inspired us to savour every second of a film.  May #Wisemanesque films stand the test of time! 

#FrederickWiseman #Documentary #film #rip
First they came for the books. 📚 Festival favouri First they came for the books. 📚

Festival favourite #AnAmericanPastoral observes a snapshot of the culture wars and radicalized politics. Now streaming!

🔗: in bio
📽: Apple

#film #documentary #movies #moviereview
Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line betwe Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line between mockumentary, Jackass, and WTF, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a truly Canadian original. 

🔗: in bio
📽: now in theatres

#nirvanna #movies #moviereview #film #mockumentary
And the award for teacher of the year goes to... 🥁 And the award for teacher of the year goes to... 🥁🥁🥁

Catch a courageous story to protect young minds from Russia's regime in Oscar nominee @mr.nobodyagainstputin.

🔗: in bio
📽: now in theatres

#mrnobodyagainstputin #Documentary #film #movies #moviereview
Well, it looks like Melania won't be our next cove Well, it looks like Melania won't be our next cover girl. 🤷

🔗: in bio
📽: coming to Prime Video

#Melania #documentary #film #movies #moviereview
Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, @runasimi.doc reminds us that accessible cinema ain't no passing craze. 

📽: Catch it tonight at @hotdocs_ #DocSoup series!

🔗: in bio

#Documentary #moviereview
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