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Thom Powers on the Buzz and Biz of TIFF Docs

by Pat Mullen
August 9, 2023
Features/Industry/TIFF

Previewing the 2023 TIFF Docs line-up with programmer Thom Powers. Highlights include Mountain Woman, Walls, Defiant, and The Contestant.

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Now Streaming, Beba Is an Unapologetically Fierce Debut

by POV Staff
February 17, 2023
Features

Rebeca Huntt's raw and ruthlessly poetic Beba is now streaming on MUBI.

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Milisuthando Review: Radical Decolonial Cinema

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2023October 1, 2025
Reviews/Sundance

Milisuthando is an engrossing essay film that probes South African apartheid, Blackness, and identity through a personal collage of archives and memories.

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Cinema Eye Honors Nominations Highlight Female Filmmakers

by Pat Mullen
November 10, 2022
Industry

The Cinema Eye Honors nominations boost Fire of Love, The Territory, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, A Night of Knowing Nothing, and more.

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DOC NYC Announces 2022 Short List Titles

by Pat Mullen
October 18, 2022
Festivals

DOC NYC announces the annual Short List selections, which include many documentaries tipped for Oscar glory.

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Thom Powers Talks TIFF Docs

by Pat Mullen
August 17, 2022September 9, 2022
Industry/TIFF

TIFF Docs line-up for 2022 festival includes new films by Laura Poitras, Werner Herzog, Patricio Guzmán, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, and Sam Soko.

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The Top Docs About Black Women Artists

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 20, 2022
Features

Beba, Beyoncé's Homecoming, Miss Sharon Jones, 20 Feet from Stardom, What Happened, Miss Simon?, and Step are among a wave of docs celebrating Black excellence by women in the arts.

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2021 TIFF Docs Report: Where Toronto Stood Tallest

by Pat Mullen
September 20, 2021September 27, 2021
Features/TIFF

Highlights from the documentary side of the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival include Flee, Julia, The Rescue, Comala, Becoming Cousteau, Attica, and Listening to Kenny G.

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Beba: Rebeca Huntt’s Poetic Ode to the Self

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
September 20, 2021February 17, 2023
Features/TIFF

Beba, Rebeca Huntt's raw, tender, and poetic celebration of selfhood, is now streaming on MUBI.

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