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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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Still time to catch films at @reframefilmfestival, Still time to catch films at @reframefilmfestival, like Hot Docs audience favourite UNLOVED: HURONIA'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN, which dives into a history of systemic abuse in an Ontario hospital. Visit reframefilmfestival.ca/festival/ to attend the virtual fest! #documentary #film #movies #ReFrame23 #docs
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Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! T Houston, we have lift-off on #Sundance coverage! THE LONGEST GOODBYE director Ido Mizrahy jobs us to talk space and social isolation. 🚀

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"The thread that links all my films is to create a "The thread that links all my films is to create a space of visibility for people at the edge of visibility."

Alice Diop joins us to discuss the documentary roots of #SaintOmer! You can catch her docs now on @mubicanada and SAINT OMER opens at @tiff_net Friday from @films_we_like. 📽

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How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe to tell their story? Here's director Alex Pritz on Tangãi's journey to becoming one of the film's cinematographers.

🔗 Read more in our full interview with Pritz: https://povmagazine.com/alex-pritz-on-the-territory-and-participatory-filmmaking/

📽️ THE TERRITORY is on Disney+ in the USA.

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Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toront Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toronto until Feb. 15, catch THEN & NOW, the first in a series of double-bills of German cinema streaming online through 2023. 

Among the films screening in this month's selection is the documentary TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER, which observes how younger generations carry the weight of the Holocaust if it is so far removed from their experiences. 🇩🇪

New films added monthly!

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If social media is the toilet of the internet, wha If social media is the toilet of the internet, what is the solution? BACKLASH: MISOGYNY IN THE DIGITAL AGE sees four women share stories of online harassment. 

🔗 Review: https://povmagazine.com/backlash-review-get-riled-up-with-stories-of-cyber-sexism/

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What does it mean when your subject is a key colla What does it mean when your subject is a key collaborator? Here's #Wildcat director Trevor Frost on working with subject Harry Turner to film the re-wilding of ocelots Khan and Keanu. 🐈

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Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with ne Here's Bonnie the Marmot gracing your feed with news that @netflixca's #IslandOfTheSeaWolves squeaked out the year's biggest controversy to be our top read of 2022! Find out what else drew readers' interest this year, and get some tips on docs to watch (or watch for!) at home and in theatres. #documentary #Bestof2022 #marmot #film 

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/povs-top-reads-of-2022-what-drives-doc-readers-interest/
Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Can a cat save your life? @wildcatdocfilm director Trevor Frost joins us to discuss documenting ocelots, collaborative filmmaking, and taking care of a subject's mental health. 🐾 #Wildcat #cats #ocelot #documentary #film #movies 

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