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Love, Harold Review: The Art of Talking It Out

by Pat Mullen
October 22, 2025
Reviews

Alan Zweig speaks with twenty-odd people who live in the wake of suicide and share stories about grief, pain, and catharsis in Love, Harold.

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Alan Zweig Has a Job for the First Time in 50 Years

by Samantha Hodder
October 7, 2025
Features/Interviews

A conversation with Alan Zweig about his documentary Love, Harold and furthering the art of the interview with his foray into podcasting.

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Watch the Trailer for Alan Zweig’s New Film Love, Harold

by Pat Mullen
August 29, 2025
News

Watch the trailer for Alan Zweig's documentary Love, Harold which features interviews with over 20 people whose lives have felt the impact of suicide.

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Coming Soon: POV Issue #122!

by POV Staff
July 29, 2024
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Highlights in POV Magazine's Fall/Winter 2024 issue (#122) include Morgan Neville's Piece by Piece, new Canadian docs on the circuit, an anatomy of an Oscar campaign, hip hop, Beyoncé, and more!

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28 Films Receive Funding through Telefilm Canada’s Theatrical Documentary Program

by Pat Mullen
July 28, 2023
Industry

28 documentaries are set to receive funding through Telefilm Canada's Theatrical Documentary Program, including works by Alan Zweig and Kim Nguyen.

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The Gift of Gold

by Neil Graham
February 7, 2022
Essays

These scenes make us gasp, but what's the price of documentary 'gold'?

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Coppers: Alan Zweig’s arresting new film

by Jason Gorber
September 7, 2019
Festivals/Interviews/TIFF

"I didn’t intend to make a film entirely about empathy," says Coppers director Alan Zweig. I met one cop, Gary, who’s in the film, about five or six years ago. I could

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Review: ‘There is a House Here’

by Pat Mullen
September 8, 2017
Reviews/TIFF

There is a House Here (Canada, 105 min) Dir. Alan Zweig Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere)   What are the roles and responsibilities of artists who want to explore stories of communities

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Neighbourhood Watch

by Adam Nayman
November 15, 2016
Features

Hugh Gibson's The Stairs and Charles Officer's Unarmed Verses are two docs set in Toronto’s social housing districts

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TIFF 2015 Docs Report: A Tale of Underdogs and Masters

by Pat Mullen
December 16, 2015
Industry/TIFF

Highlights from TIFF 2015 include Miss Sharon Jones!, Thru You Princess, Where to Invade Next, The Music of Strangers, Sherpa, and Being AP.

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