Criterion Channel's collections of films about Black experiences have a number of docs and hybrids worth exploring, including Symbiopsychtaxiplasm and Urban Rashomon.
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Willie is the story of Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHL’s colour barrier. It feels like something we all ought to know already, but the sports icon finally gets his
Keep ReadingToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (USA, 119 min.) Dir. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Apparently Toni Morrison makes one heck of a carrot cake. The secret, she says, is a lot of carrots. “Other
Keep ReadingAlways in Season (USA, 88 min.) Dir. Jacqueline Olive Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Director Jacqueline Olive asks if lynching still exists in the USA in her provocative documentary Always in Season, but the film
Keep ReadingAmazing Grace (USA, 87 min.) Directed by Sydney Pollack and “realized” by Alan Elliot I’ve caught myself a few times over the past week calling Amazing Grace an archival film. “It’s great, but as
Keep ReadingWhen Greg Tourino, a science librarian at Simon Fraser University and former graduate cinema student was asked in BCLiving Magazine about his passion for Black Canadian film, his answer could stand for
Keep Reading"This film cannot leave you innocent. I don’t think you can watch it and say, “I don’t understand” or “I still don’t get it.” No. You get it. Everybody gets it. The
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