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Doc Accelerator Lab Fellow Niya Abdullahi Wants to Enrich Audiences with the Power of Representation

by Pat Mullen
June 3, 2021July 28, 2021
Features

Niya Abdullahi represents a new generation of filmmakers changing the documentary field. She is one of the participants in this year’s Doc Accelerator Lab, supported by Netflix through the Canadian Storytellers Project,

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An Interview with Jason Sherman on My Tree and the Roots of Conflict in Israel

by Jason Gorber
May 2, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Interviews

For decades, Jason Sherman has been exploring the notion of what it means to uphold the expectations a good Jewish life. He uses his experience growing up in Canada to reflect upon

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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini Brings Empathy to an Opioid Crisis

by Kelly Boutsalis
May 1, 2021March 3, 2022
Features/Hot Docs

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy weaves together a broad portrait of the impact of settler colonialism on Blackfoot people, through firsthand experiences of people with substance use disorder, and the

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Generational Junction: Jesse McCracken’s Grey Roads

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

For director Jesse McCracken, the road home is bittersweet. His feature Grey Roads, premiering at Hot Docs, offers a frank and poignant reflection of his hometown of Markdale, Ontario. Perhaps best known

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Farm Crime Is Truly Canadian True Crime

by Madeline Lines
April 4, 2021August 7, 2021
Features

The docuseries that introduced audiences to a world of blueberry heists and bee-stealers is back for a second season of true crime with a Canadian twist. CBC’s Farm Crime goes beyond small

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A Conversation with ‘Concerto’ Director Ben Proudfoot

by Sandi Rankaduwa
February 20, 2021August 8, 2021
Interviews

Canadian director Ben Proudfoot discusses his Oscar-shortlisted doc A Concerto Is a Conversation, directed with composer Kris Bowers, which recently screened at Sundance.

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Ann Shin’s Eye of the Beholder Finds Empathy with the ‘Other’

by Pat Mullen
December 2, 2020August 11, 2021
Interviews

VR experience complements her acclaimed short and feature My Enemy, My Brother

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Pepita Ferrari: Mentor and Doc-maker

by Laura Rietveld
February 26, 2019August 31, 2021
Features

The night before New Year’s Eve, veteran filmmaker Pepita Ferrari lost her life to cancer. While her life was cut short, her contribution to documentary cinema was long and in early 2019

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