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Remembering Mike Boland, the “Human Steadicam”

by Mark Johnston
October 20, 2025
Features

Remembering Mike Boland, the Emmy and Gemini winning cinematographer of documentaries like Home Game and Struggle for Democracy and Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World.

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Overtime Review: Hockey Doc Proves It’s Never Too Late to Dream

by Rachel Ho
December 7, 2023December 8, 2023
Reviews

Jenny Lee-Gilmore shares her mother's love for hockey and follows her as she pursues her dream.

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Offside Tells the Story of Maple Leafs Mogul Harold Ballard

by Pat Mullen
November 30, 2022June 6, 2023
Festivals/Interviews

An interview with Offside: The Harold Ballard Story director Jason Priestley and executive producer Michael Geddes about their doc premiering at Whistler.

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Whistler Film Fest Docs Bring Hockey, Rock, and Oscar Frontrunners

by Pat Mullen
November 29, 2022
Festivals

Previewing the 2022 Whistler Film Festival, which features mountain movies, Laura Poitras, Daniel Roher, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and hockey docs.

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Whistler Film Festival Announces 2022 Line-up

by Pat Mullen
November 2, 2022
Festivals

Whistler Film Festival announced the line-up for its 2022 event, which runs in-person November 30 to December 4, and online afterwards.

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Did the 1972 Hockey Summit Define Us?

by Susan G. Cole
September 26, 2022
Essays

Summit 72 and Ice-Breaker are two new documentaries that revisit the 1972 Canada-Soviet Union hockey games that gripped the nation.

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Black Ice Review: How ‘Canada’s Game’ Dropped the Puck

by Courtney Small
September 12, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

In Black Ice, Hubert Davis deconstructs systemic racism in hockey and highlights the Black athletes have persevered in perceived 'white spaces'.

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Black Ice Confronts Racism in Hockey

by Perry King
September 8, 2022February 6, 2023
Features/TIFF

Black Ice considers the racist history of "Canada's Game" and inclusion efforts.

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The Cannons Celebrates the Right to Play

by Pat Mullen
November 13, 2021November 16, 2021
Features/Festivals

Director Steve Hoffner discusses his documentary The Cannons, about the efforts of Coach Neal Henderson and his mission to empower Black youths through hockey.

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Willie Then and Now

by Jason Anderson
October 29, 2019August 25, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Willie is the story of Willie O'Ree, the man who broke the NHL’s colour barrier. It feels like something we all ought to know already, but the sports icon finally gets his

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Want the story behind the @northernsuperleague? @t Want the story behind the @northernsuperleague? @thepitchdoc_nsl follows the fight to establish a women's pro soccer league in Canada. ⚽️

We chatted with director Michèle Hozer at @windsorfilmfest about her documentary hitting the circuit. 

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Catch LOVE, HAROLD at festivals including @workmanartsto & @windsorfilmfest this week. 

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