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30 for 30: A Brief History of Hot Docs Highlights

by Marc Glassman Barri Cohen Pat Mullen
April 27, 2023
Features/Hot Docs/Lists

The POV team marks 30 years of Hot Docs by looking back at some of the many names and documentaries that defined the festival.

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Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World Review – Toronto’s Ragtag Revue

by Pat Mullen
December 15, 2022
Reviews

Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World revisits the making of a 1969 Toronto festival that featured the first public appearance of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band.

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Brett Morgen on David Bowie

by Jason Gorber
September 7, 2022
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Brett Morgen on Moonage Daydream and telling the story of David Bowie in a kaleidoscopic montage unlike anything you've seen before.

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Having the Guts to Try: Barbara Kopple on ‘Desert One’

by Pat Mullen
August 21, 2020
Interviews

Two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple discusses her Iranian Hostage Crisis doc Desert One, interviewing President Jimmy Carter, Argo, and a career in documentary.

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Change We Can Believe In

by Andrew McIntosh
October 8, 2019
Essays/Features

Every once in a while, people appear on the political stage with compelling personal narratives and charisma to spare. They’re dedicated and passionate and demonstrate through their actions that they can persevere

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The POV Interview: D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus – ‘Unlocking the Cage’

by Jason Gorber
May 9, 2016
Hot Docs/Interviews

Master doc-makers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus on their new film Unlocking the Cage and other career highs like The War Room and Don’t Look Back.

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Review: ‘Unlocking the Cage’

by Jason Gorber
May 1, 2016
Hot Docs/Reviews

Unlocking the Cage by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follows attorney Steve Wise as he builds a case for personhood for chimpanzees

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Being There with Richard Leacock

by Andrew McIntosh
April 1, 2008
Features/Hot Docs

At 86, veteran filmmaker Richard Leacock comes to Canada for Hot Docs’ Outstanding Achievement retrospective.

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Reel Books: The Art of the Documentary

by Elizabeth Johnston
April 1, 2006
Features

This is yet another coffee table book foray into the minds of some key documentary-makers like D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles and Ken Burns, and several more not represented by separate chapters, such

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