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Elvis Classic ‘That’s the Way It Is’ Still a Doc Among Kings

by Pat Mullen
December 3, 2020August 21, 2021
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Music fans can dial up nostalgia by revisiting one of the seminal concert documentaries, Elvis: That’s the Way It Is, which screens this week as part of Cineplex Events. This 1970 doc

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Documenting the October Crisis

by Justine Smith
October 29, 2020August 13, 2021
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For many anglophones inside and outside of Quebec, the October crisis represents the first time many considered the unequal treatment of French Canadians within the country. We mark its 50th anniversary with

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The Original Music Festival Documentary

by Marc Glassman
August 14, 2020August 7, 2022
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Jazz on a Summer’s Day (USA, 85 min; 1959) Dir. Bert Stern and Aram Avakian Featuring: Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Anita O’Day, Thelonious Monk, Jack Teagarden, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, Chico Hamilton,

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Black Lives Matter On Screen

by Marc Glassman
June 11, 2020August 19, 2021
Features

Criterion Channel's collections of films about Black experiences have a number of docs and hybrids worth exploring, including Symbiopsychtaxiplasm and Urban Rashomon.

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History, Interrupted

by Gerry Flahive
June 5, 2020August 14, 2021
Essays/Features

The history of a history documentary about diplomat and diarist Charles Ritchie that didn’t get made, and why history can be a pain in the neck.

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Now We Are 80 – NFB Top Tens

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman Andrew McIntosh Dorothy Woodend Judy Wolfe Matthew Hays Maya Gallus Susan G. Cole
December 21, 2019November 1, 2021
Features

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the National Film Board of Canada, eight POV writers share their picks for the top ten films in the history of the NFB. From documentary features,

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Nearly 30 Years On, ‘Paris’ Still Burns Bright

by Pat Mullen
June 17, 2019August 22, 2021
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If there’s a bucket list of documentaries everyone needs to see to understand the art form, Paris is Burning deserves a spot in the canon. Jennie Livingston’s film took audiences inside

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Orson Welles’ Final Disappearing Act

by Liam Lacey
October 30, 2018January 7, 2022
Features

“The mystery in Kane is largely fake…” — Pauline Kael, Raising Kane, 1971, on the “shallow masterpiece” Citizen Kane. “We Hanky Panky men have always been with you.” — Orson Welles, F for Fake. F

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The Fog of Class War

by Liam Lacey
July 10, 2018January 8, 2022
Features

Barbara Kopple's Harlan County, USA set the standard for other fictional films about class struggles and the populist documentary films of Michael Moore.

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“I’m Sure You’ll Agree There’s Some Truth in What I Say”

by Gerry Flahive
May 10, 2018August 21, 2021
Essays/Features

This is the story of a voice, its documentary roots, its skilful theatricality, and its impact on the culture and technology. How Canadian actor Douglas Rain gave his voice to 2001: A

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