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Issue 114

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’ Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is a game-changer for community-based filmmaking. Plus a first look at Hot Docs and DOXA hits, and a deep dive on the “Netflix formula” with alternatives for doc fans. Subscribe today!

Freeze Frame: Celebrating Uvagut TV

by Marc Glassman
January 10, 2022
Features/Photography

Celebrating Uvagut TV, the all-Inuktut station marks the first television station in Canada to broadcast entirely in an Indigenous language.

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Tiger Kings and Wretched Things

by Ezra Winton
January 3, 2022January 8, 2022
Essays

Netflix has arguably mastered a formula for documentary series with hits like Tiger King, but will the equation hold in the long run?

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Public Art Programming During COVID

by Laurence Butet-Roch
November 2, 2021
Festivals/Photography

Can the adaptations forced by the COVID-19 pandemic inspire festivals to reimagine the relationship between artistic programming and public space?

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Black Trailblazers

by Courtney Small
October 6, 2021
Essays/Features

How Selwyn Jacob, Sylvia D. Hamilton, and Sam Pollard broke barriers in documentary production and continue to fight for change in the film industry.

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Documenting the Pandemic

by Marc Glassman Pat Mullen
September 27, 2021May 10, 2022
Features/Industry

How have Canadian filmmakers responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and captured stories from this historic time? A survey with filmmakers Yung Chang, Matt Gallagher, Ngardy Conteh George, and the NFB's project The

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Absurd! Comic! Docu-Series?

by Daniel Glassman
July 29, 2021August 10, 2021
Essays/Features

Painting with John, How To with John Wilson, and All Gas No Brakes reinvent (documentary?) comedy.

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Cookie cutter cinema

Observing the Observers: How I Judged Documentaries and Learned to Teach None

by Alexandra Juhasz
June 25, 2021August 23, 2021
Features

Since 2017, I have had the distinct pleasure of serving as the chair of a preliminary judging committee for the Peabody Awards in broadcasting and digital media. Along with two graduate students

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Policy Matters: Ring the (inter)Net

by Barri Cohen
May 25, 2021August 9, 2021
Industry

Canadian Hertiage’s Bill C-10 sets forth amendments to the Broadcasting Act, following a recommendation by the Yale Report to tackle the dominance of tech giants in Canadian screen culture. The centrepiece is

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The Gig Economy

by Justine Smith
May 6, 2021August 9, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Behind your favourite app is an army of invisible workers. Drivers and delivery services ensure we get our food on time and that we’re never late for a meeting. In countries worldwide,

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Mystic River: Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s Archipelago

by Pat Mullen
May 4, 2021September 5, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Félix Dufour-Laperrière’s Archipelago is an animated essay that navigates territories real and imagined while interrogating the mythology and history of Quebec.

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"Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs." W "Without Debbie, there wouldn't be a Hot Docs."

We're so sorry to hear of the passing of Hot Docs co-founder Debbie Nightingale, who died July 10 at age 71. After getting Hot Docs off the ground and helping it to grow to become North America's largest documentary festival, Nightingale left city life to run the popular Haute Goat farm, which continues to delight attendees. 🐐

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