Highlights at Toronto's Human Rights Watch Film Festival include Freedom on Fire, The Grab, Uýra: The Rising Forest, Koromousso, Big Sister, and No U-Turn.
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Showcasing appalling violence and notable courage, March for Dignity observes activists in Georgia as they try to mount a Pride parade without inviting violence.
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Wake Up on Mars is a devastating portrait of resignation syndrome and its impact on young refugees.
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A La Calle opens the 2021 Human Rights Watch Film Festival with a portrait of activists in action on the streets of Venezuela.
Keep ReadingNo Box for Me. An Intersex Story (France/Switzerland, 58 min.) Dir. Floriane Devigne “Dearest Deborah, my shell is cracking before my eyes…You exist. We exist. He, she, and shes exist and it
Keep ReadingThis is Congo (USA, 92 min.) Dir. Daniel McCabe This is Congo will break your heart into pieces. The doc opens with an invigorating handheld shot as the camera follows several
Keep ReadingComplicit puts a human face on the stories of China’s migrant workers who toil away to make the modern conveniences many of us enjoy at a low cost.
Keep ReadingIn Tickling Giants, Sara Taksler chronicles Bassem Youssef’s journey from wisecracking surgeon to YouTuber, late night celebrity and political pariah.
Keep ReadingIn Almost Holy, Steve Hoover observes the work of Gennadiy “Pastor Crocodile” Mokhnenko, a priest who runs an orphanage for street children.
Keep ReadingFrackman doesn’t really offer anything new to the fracking cause, although the film gives an admirable portrait of a committed activist.
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