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River Review: Treading Watermark

by Pat Mullen
April 12, 2023
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Jennifer Peedom's River, narrated by Willem Dafoe, offers a thematic sequel to her 2017 film Mountain, but is almost identical to Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nick de Pencier's Watermark.

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Jennifer Baichwal on Into the Weeds and the Roots of Wonder

by Pat Mullen
April 28, 2022
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Into the Weeds director Jennifer Baichwal on telling the story of Dewayne Lee Johnson, the Monsanto company, and its collective stakes.

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POV Picks: 5 Canadian Docs to See at Home

by POV Staff
April 20, 2022
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Want to see the films you read about in POV? Connect with Canadian documentaries through Telefilm Canada's See It All portal!

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The Epoch Films of the Anthropocene

by Michael John Long
October 9, 2018
Essays/Features

The Anthropocene is a concept ripe for exploration by documentarians, who have a unique ability to depict the scale of human impact on the world. How films like Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,

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Directors Jennifer Baichwal, Nick de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky during production of Anthropocene: The Human Epoch | Anthropocene Films Inc. © 2018

Anthropocene’s Three Filmmakers and Ecological Disaster

by Susan G. Cole
September 15, 2018
Features

Lights, camera, spectacular success – backlash. So it goes with the films co-created by Ed Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The trio is launching Anthropocene, the third in their eco-conscious

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TIFF Review: ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’

by Pat Mullen
September 13, 2018
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Anthropocene is the third installment in the team’s epic trilogy of spectacular environmental essay films that began with Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The latest film is the culmination of a major body of work.

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘Manufactured Landscapes’

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2017
Features

Jennifer Baichwal’s Manufactured Landscapes opens with a cinematic coup. An eight-minute tracking shot slowly sweeps across a factory floor in China.

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REVIEW: Watermark

by Marc Glassman
October 4, 2013
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Watermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.

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Watermark: Interview with Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier

by Marc Glassman
September 4, 2013
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Watermark directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about their essay film follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes.

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Watermark: Interview with Edward Burtynsky

by Blake Fitzpatrick
September 4, 2013
Interviews/Photography

Watermark is a continuation of Burtynsky’s work, which is recognizable for his signature big-picture approach to photography and environmentalism.

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