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Canadian Filmmakers Land on IDA Awards Shortlists

by Pat Mullen
October 25, 2021
Industry

Films by Yung Chang, Nimisha Mukerji, Anam Abbas make IDA Awards shortlists alongside short docs Joe Buffalo and Ain't No Time for Women.

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Ailey is a moving story of the Black dance pioneer

by Marc Glassman
August 6, 2021
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Jamila Wignot's portrait of Black dance maverick Alvin Ailey is a truly moving account of his life, work, and legacy. Ailey is imbued with the presence of a queer icon whose power

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2021 Sundance Report: Part 3

by Pat Mullen Madeline Lines
January 31, 2021
Reviews/Sundance

Sundance reviews for Cusp ("bold and bracing portrait of youth"), Ailey ("a beautiful act of remembering"), and Sons of Monarchs ("a provocative experiment in metamorphosis").

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Watching Freedom on the Stage: Jamila Wignot Talks ‘Ailey’

by Pat Mullen
January 30, 2021
Interviews/Sundance

"It felt like I was watching freedom on the stage—these beautiful diverse bodies in motion. It felt like an opening, like I was leaning in the whole evening and it just stayed

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Prime Minster Brian Mulroney appears in a fantastical image. He is pictured from the waist up wearing a flamboyant Liberace-style coat. There is a dazzling background behind him with campaign signs. He looks pale and a bit like a vampire.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney is Matthew Rankin's irreverent docufantasia about Canada's 18th PM.

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