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Issue 101

Freeze Frame: Colin Low

by Marc Glassman
August 2, 2016
Features

Remembering Colin Low, director of NFB films like Corral, City of Gold, Universe, Billy Crane Moves Away, and other Canuck classics.

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Alec Soth: Reconfiguring the Narrative

by Marc Glassman
July 27, 2016
Photography

An interview with photographer Alec Soth regarding his show at the 2016 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

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Orly

by Mike Hoolboom Chase Joynt
July 13, 2016
Essays

“He didn’t live a double life. He lived twice.” - An appreciation of Chris Marker's influential classic La jetée

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Outsiders: Mavericks and the maligned are celebrated at the AGO

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo
July 5, 2016
Photography

On the AGO's  Outsiders: American Photography and Film 1950s–1980s exhibit featuring the photography of Gordon Parks, Diane Arbus, and other artists.

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Rosie Dransfeld: A Modern Master of Verité

by Rebecca Sullivan
July 4, 2016
Features/Hot Docs

Rosie Dransfeld has become one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary cinema verité directors. A look at Hot Docs 2016 Focus On honouree.

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Working Women

by Kiva Reardon
June 21, 2016
Features/Hot Docs

Rama Rau's Hot Docs opener The League of Exotique Dancers explores the power of burlesque and flipping the gaze.

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DocLit: How to build an effective social impact campaign

by Liz Marshall
June 6, 2016
Reviews

Tracey Friesen's Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change is a welcome companion for filmmakers exploring impact culture.

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Policy Matters: Is This the Best We Can Do?

by Barri Cohen
May 16, 2016
Industry

Jean-Pierre Blais, chair of the CRTC, should be fired or have the decency to resign for his indifferent destruction of Canadian media.

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A dialogue between two crewmembers on Spaceship Earth

by Marc Glassman Kevin McMahon
April 30, 2016
Features/Hot Docs

Is the planet sustainable? Spaceship Earth director Kevin McMahon and POV’s Marc Glassman engage in an epistolary exchange.

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Minority Report

by Matthew Hays
April 29, 2016
Features/Hot Docs

John Walker explores his family history as an Anglophone in Quebec My Country Mon Pays

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