Willie is the story of Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHLβs colour barrier. It feels like something we all ought to know already, but the sports icon finally gets his
Keep ReadingCarrie Mae Weems , who is the subject of the major career retrospective at this yearβs ScotiabankΒ CONTACTΒ Photography FestivalΒ in Toronto, began her artistic career in the late β70s, when she started producingΒ Family Pictures
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. βOther
Keep ReadingIf thereβs a bucket list of documentaries everyone needs to see to understand the art form, Paris is Burning deserves a spot in the canon. Jennie Livingstonβs film took audiences inside
Keep ReadingThis is North PrestonΒ presents numerous facets of a deeply rooted problem to inspire a community to take a hard look at itself.
Keep ReadingAlways in Season (USA, 88 min.) Dir. Jacqueline Olive Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Director Jacqueline Olive asks if lynching still exists in theΒ USAΒ in her provocative documentaryΒ Always in Season, but the film
Keep ReadingOur Dance of Revolution (Canada, 102 min.) Dir. Phillip Pike Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premier) At last, there is a documentary that does justice to the influentialΒ LGBTQ+ activists of colour who helped
Keep ReadingLife Without Basketball (USA, 98 min.) Dir. Jon Mercer, Tim OβDonnell Life Without BasketballΒ puts a new spin on the phrase βright to play.β The inspiring doc, which screens at TIFFβs Human Rights
Keep ReadingMr. Jane and Finch (Canada, 44 min.) Dir. Ngardy Conteh George Some people call Winston LaRose a βpillar of the community,β an βadvocate,β and a βfighter.β But everyone knows him as βMr.
Keep ReadingHale County This Morning, This Evening (USAΒ 76 min.) Dir: RaMell Ross Programme: International Feature Competition ReMell Ross sums up his poetic meditation on black life in small town Alabama when we hear
Keep Reading