The Art of Silence Review: Silence Is Indeed Golden by Courtney Small May 2, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews The Art of Silence is a fitting celebration of an artist who could bring joy and meaning to the lives of many around the globe without saying a word. Read More
Make People Better Review: Mad Scientist or Scientific Scapegoat? by Courtney Small May 2, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Make People Better is an intriguing examination of a scientist who was hung out to dry by a community who helped elevate him in the fist place. Read More
Category: Woman Review – What Is Female? by Susan G. Cole May 2, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Category: Woman has subjects who are passionate advocates, its story is infuriating and it has an undeniable power of its own. Read More
Queer My Friends Review: Searching for Self-Love by Pat Mullen May 1, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews In Queer My Friends, a filmmaker chronicles her friend's coming-out story and turns the camera on herself to consider how tradition stifles us. Read More
Eternal Spring Review: Animating an Awakening by Pat Mullen May 1, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Eternal Spring is an animated documentary in which Chinese artist Daxiong revisits his participation in a 2002 hijacking of a TV station. Read More
Batata Takes Lead in Hot Docs Audience Award Race by Pat Mullen May 1, 2022 Hot Docs Batata, directed by Noura Kevorkian, debuts in first place in the Hot Docs Audience Award rankings while Navalny comes in at number two. Read More
5 Dreamers and a Horse: Hoping Against Hope by Barbara Goslawski May 1, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews With its keen observational style, 5 Dreamers and a Horse is a lyrical vision of the deep-seated need for hope, for something aspirational. Read More
Meeting Point Review: Building the Past by Courtney Small April 30, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews A beautifully layered work, Meeting Point captures the importance of understanding the various ways the past shapes a family’s present and future. Read More
Sara Taksler Revisits the Holocaust with the ‘Jewish Forrest Gump’ by Jason Gorber April 30, 2022 Hot Docs/Interviews An interview with How Saba Kept Singing director Sara Taksler on filming the extraordinary life of Holocaust survivor David Wisnia. Read More
How the Room Felt Review: To Occupy a Safe Space by Susan G. Cole April 30, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Ketevan Kapanadze's documentary How the Room Felt intimately occupies the safe spaces queer people create for themselves in Georgia. Read More