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Ninan Auassat: We, the Children Review – A Refreshingly Humanist Portrait

by Pat Mullen
November 30, 2024
Reviews/RIDM

Kim O'Bomsawin lets a chorus of Indigenous youths share their experiences in their own words in NFB doc Ninan Auassat: We, the Children.

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Tinkuy: Encounters on a River in Peru’s Amazon

by Stephanie Boyd
November 10, 2024
Essays/Features

Filmmaker Stephanie Boyd reflects upon making the documentary Karuara, People of the River with the Kukama in the Amazon.

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Fairy Creek Review: Confronting the Social Complexities of Environmentalist Protests

by Rachel Ho
October 17, 2024
Festivals/Reviews

Fairy Creek observes the historic protests over old growth logging in B.C. and the complexity of privilege entailed within factions of activism.

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Now Streaming: WaaPaKe Finds Catharsis By Sharing Stories

by POV Staff
October 4, 2024
Features

WaaPaKe, now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, offers further thought about the generational trauma brought by residential schools.

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The Stand Review: A History of Resistance

by Pat Mullen
October 3, 2024June 19, 2025
Festivals/Reviews

NFB archvial doc The Stand revisits the 1985 standoff between land defenders of the Haida Nation and loggers on Lyell Island.

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The Beautiful and the Dammed

by Liam Lacey
September 30, 2024
Features/Industry

Surveying the state of documentary production in western Canada in conversation with filmmakers in British Columbia and the North.

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Going Behind the Mask with Neil Diamond

by Marc Glassman
September 13, 2024October 1, 2024
Interviews/TIFF

Neil Diamond on So Surreal: Behind the Masks and reclaiming Indigenous art.

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TIFF Gets Real with Authentic Voices and Images

by Marc Glassman
September 6, 2024
TIFF

Reporting on documentaries and films with authentic voices as the Toronto International Film Festival expands the canon of storytellers.

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How The Death Tour Captures the Artistry and Intensity of Wrestling Up North

by Pat Mullen
August 2, 2024
Features/Interviews

An interview with The Death Tour director Stephan Peterson and co-director Sonya Ballantyne about their up-north wrestling doc.

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Three Documentaries Receive Funding Via Telefilm Canada’s Indigenous Stream

by Pat Mullen
July 4, 2024
Industry

Feature documentaries Indigéna, Inuguinq, and Land of No Pain receive funding via Telefilm Canada's Indigenous Stream.

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