Before the Last Curtain Falls, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Self(less) Portrait and Guidelines comprise a telling cross-section of styles and strategies for non-fiction filmmaking
Keep Reading"Private broadcasters should respect the conditions of their licence and public broadcasters should get back exactly what their name calls for — public broadcasting."
Keep ReadingDirector Shannon Walsh reflects on bringing the social-change aspect of documentary into the process behind the camera.
Keep ReadingCanadian film funding received further consideration as it pertains to independent documentaries and the big public spenders like CBC and the NFB.
Keep ReadingIf you were to make a documentary about the life of Bonnie Sherr Klein, you might begin with the old episodes of Dick Clark’s American Bandstand.
Keep ReadingWhen Peter Wintonick died yesterday at the age of 60 in Montreal, the documentary community lost a great friend, director, producer, film programmer, writer and mentor.
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Keep ReadingUnless the CRTC can be persuaded by powerful lobby groups, we won’t get the chance to revisit program categories and this group licencing regime until 2014.
Keep ReadingWatermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.
Keep ReadingAlan Zweig's When Jews Were Funny provocatively and humorously asks: Why were Jews funny, and why aren’t they funny anymore?
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