King and Hoover are long gone now. So are the Sixties. But Pollard’s lucidly intelligent MLK/FBI shows what happened then: a fatal situation in which a Black man confronted the white establishment.
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Blackballed (USA, 12× 8 min.) Dir. Michael Jacobs The ESPN and Netflix co-produced documentary series The Last Dance quenched the thirst many had for sports related content during the pandemic. While that brilliantly constructed series was
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Keep ReadingElla Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (USA, 89 min.) Dir. Leslie Woodhead Ella Fitzgerald’s soothing ditties never fail to raise one’s spirits. Her sturdy voice and upbeat tunes enliven Ella Fitzgerald: Just
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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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Director Michèle Stephenson discusses her winner of Hot Docs’ Special Jury Prize for Canadian features, Stateless, a compelling study of institutionalized racism past and present in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Keep ReadingBecoming (USA, 89 min.) Dir. Nadia Hallgren Is it time to crown Michelle Obama the First Lady of Documentary? After lending her mojo as executive producer to great docs like Crip Camp and last
Keep ReadingPahokee (USA, 112 min.) Dir. Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas Every now and then comes a documentary that feels like an American landmark. Pahokee is one of those films. This outstanding documentary from Patrick Bresnan
Keep ReadingBeyond Moving (Canada, 84 min.) Dir. Vikram Dasgupta The story of Siphe November has been likened to that of Billy Elliot. While Billy Elliot grew up in a small town of Northern England
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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
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