Anthropocene is the third installment in the team’s epic trilogy of spectacular environmental essay films that began with Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The latest film is the culmination of a major body of work.
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Long Time Running (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier Programme: Galas (World Premiere) Long Time Running has major expectations to fulfill given that the final performance of
Keep ReadingJennifer Baichwal’s Manufactured Landscapes opens with a cinematic coup. An eight-minute tracking shot slowly sweeps across a factory floor in China.
Keep ReadingWatermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.
Keep ReadingAn interview with Watermark directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about their essay film follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes.
Keep ReadingWatermark is a continuation of Burtynsky’s work, which is recognizable for his signature big-picture approach to photography and environmentalism.
Keep ReadingAfter a long career devoted to documentary, do I think that it is intrinsic to the Canadian way of life? Yes, I do.
Keep ReadingJennifer Baichwal’s latest documentary, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth is inspired by Margaret Atwood’s 2008 fascinating Massey Lecture and book of the same name.
Keep Reading"It was an anomaly for a documentary about art to do so well. But it proved that there is an audience for such a film," says Jennifer Biachwal on the success of
Keep ReadingInteresting, isn’t it, how women tend to get short shrift in recorded history. Is it true that women in documentary have it easier than drama?
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