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A photograph of a Victorian mansion on a cloudy day.

The Memory Palace: Or, If These Walls Could Talk

by Winnie Wang
March 23, 2026
Essays/Features

How films like Okuirmono, The Nest, and This House explore the histories embedded within the walls of our family homes.

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A black and white archival photo of a group of Black women in the 1960s, sitting against a white brick wall and talking.

How True North Captures the Black Power Movement in Canada and Abroad

by Pat Mullen
September 3, 2025
Essays/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with True North director Michèle Stephenson on her documentary about the 1969 occupation at Sir George Williams University and the larger global currents of which it was a part.

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Koutkekout – At All Kost Review: Artistic Intersections in Haiti

by Pat Mullen
November 26, 2024
Reviews/RIDM

Koutkekout / At All Kost observes as artists prepare and rehearse for the Festival 4 Chemins in Port-au-Prince Haiti.

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Kite Zo A Review: Surrender to the Rhythms

by Pat Mullen
March 18, 2024
Reviews

Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones creates a unique reverie of a documentary that explores the rhythms of Haitian life.

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Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti in Six Chapters Review – Experience Carnival

by Pat Mullen
May 7, 2023
Hot Docs/Reviews

Kanaval: A People's History of Haiti in Six Chapters delivers a nuanced and immersive celebration of Carnival with a rich cinematic essay.

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An Interview with Emanuel Licha on zo reken and De-Colonizing Objects

by Megan Durnford
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
Hot Docs/Interviews

In zo reken, Emanuel Licha’s second feature-length documentary, the powerful symbolism of white Toyota Land Cruisers, commonly used by international NGOs and the police, is turned on its head. “This vehicle means

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Michèle Stephenson on ‘Stateless’ and the Battle of Narratives

by Pat Mullen
May 28, 2020August 21, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Director Michèle Stephenson discusses her winner of Hot Docs’ Special Jury Prize for Canadian features, Stateless, a compelling study of institutionalized racism past and present in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Disaster Docs

by Peter Wintonick
April 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Features

This is not an article about Armageddonstyle disaster movies. It's about how documentary and docweb makers respond to more natural disasters.

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Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora talk oysters and Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora talk oysters and durational cinema, two of our favourite things! At @hotdocs_ encore of CONCRETE TURNED TO SAND. 🦪

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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