Silent Beauty Review: Ending the Cycle
In Silent Beauty, Jasmín Mara López confronts the sexual abuse she faced at the hands of her grandfather and uncovers a dark family secret.
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In Silent Beauty, Jasmín Mara López confronts the sexual abuse she faced at the hands of her grandfather and uncovers a dark family secret.
Ketevani Kapanadze discusses the documentary How the Room Felt and entering the intimate safe spaces of queer people in Georgia.
Hot Docs Audience Award race sees Shane Belcourt's Beautiful Scars, about rocker Tom Wilson and his journey with his Mohawk roots, debut in first.
Relative's exploration of so-called less violent sexual assaults and how they’re managed makes for a unique entry into the documentary canon.
Hunting in Packs observes how three women--Michelle Rempel Garner, Pramila Jayapal, and Jess Phillips--navigate the "old boys' club" of politics.
Barri Cohen's Unloved: Huronia's Forgotten Children is a personal study that confronts a legacy of abuse and injustice in an Ontario institution.
In Rojek, Zaynê Akyol offers a haunting and poetic interrogation of the violence waged on Syria by ISIS and looks the beast in the eye.
Director Andrew Moir and producer Michelle Serieux discuss their film Don't Come Searching and using the COVID-19 pandemic to find the true heart of their story.
Deconstructing Kare is also an invitation to take responsibility and to become more active in the fight against racism.
Noura Kevorkian's documentary Batata holds strong in Hot Docs Audience Award race, while Chase Joynt's Framing Agnes debuts at number two.