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Deaf President Now! Review: Revisiting The Fight to Be Heard

by Jason Gorber
January 30, 2025
Reviews/Sundance

In Deaf President Now! participants in the 1988 protest at Gallaudet University recall their fight to be heard and their campaign for the rights for Deaf people.

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Sundance Announces Documentaries for 2025 Festival

by Pat Mullen
December 11, 2024March 12, 2025
News/Sundance

Documentaries announced for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival include the Canadian documentary Endless Cookie and co-production Cutting Through Rocks.

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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Leads Documentary Emmy Winners

by Pat Mullen
January 8, 2024
Industry

Documentary Emmy winners include Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, The Territory, Moonage Daydream, and The 1619 Project.

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No Sitting Still: Davis Guggenheim’s Michael J. Fox Doc

by Pat Mullen
April 22, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

Davis Guggenheim captures the life of Michael J. Fox in Still, a deeply moving account of the actor's life in film and television, told largely through the roles he's created.

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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie to Open Edmonton’s NorthwestFest

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2023
Festivals

Edmonton's NorthwestFest announces its line-up for 2023 including Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie and Barbara Kopple's Gumbo Coalition.

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POV Issue #118: Editor’s Note

by Marc Glassman
April 20, 2023
Features

POV editor Marc Glassman offers highlights for Issue #118, which features stories about new works at Hot Docs 2023 and more!

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Are You Talking to Me?

by Vivian Belik
April 17, 2023April 22, 2023
Essays

Are lecture films the Bran Flakes of documentary? How does the power of the direct address work in the age of Ted Talks and video diaries?

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Toronto’s Heating Up: 23 Films We’ve Seen at Hot Docs 2023

by Pat Mullen
April 14, 2023
Hot Docs

POV recaps the festival hits (and a few misses) coming to Toronto's documentary festival from the circuit. Highlights include Milisuthando, The Castle, and I Lost My Mom.

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Subject Review: Asking All of Documentary’s Big Questions

by Pat Mullen
April 5, 2023
Reviews

Subject invites a who's who of the documentary field to consider questions of ethics, representation, and responsible storytelling in non-fiction.

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Coming Soon: Issue #118 – And Special Issue News!

by Pat Mullen
March 17, 2023February 6, 2024
Features

A preview of POV issue #118 coming soon for Hot Docs, along with news of a special issue to mark the 40th anniversary of the Documentary Organization of Canada.

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Part exposé, part empathetic portrait, @a.n.n.n.n.n.n.i.e ’s @onf_nfb doc Your Higher Self explores the booming world of life coaching—a modern phenomenon capturing our society’s obsession with self-improvement.

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"Watch out for the Karen!" Is #ThePerfectNeighbo "Watch out for the Karen!" 

Is #ThePerfectNeighbor the Oscar frontrunner for Best Documentary? 

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@vancityreynolds and @clinhanks tell us why John Candy: I Like Me invites an important conversation about mental health and captures the star's iconic Canadianness. 🇨🇦

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📽: @primevideo Oct. 10

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"She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox "She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox tells us about her #documentary Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon and remembering the life and work of Toronto's beloved drag artist. 

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🖥: @cbcgem and Passionate Eye. 

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Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ wit Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ with #TheLibrarians on Oct. 8! 

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 The friends and director @alireidfilm sat down 26th @filmfest_ca to talk about their #documentary before it screens at @viffest & @windsorfilmfest. 🚐

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