With documentary financing tightening, Canadian filmmakers are increasingly turning to wealthy benefactors to bridge the gap. What will this mean for creative autonomy, accountability, and the art form’s long-term health?
Keep ReadingJennifer Holness to receive the Don Haig Award at Hot Docs. The Black Zombie executive producer and #WhileBlack director wins in recognition of her work mentoring emerging talent.
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Keep ReadingOntario documentary filmmakers discuss the challenges of industry funding, distribution and creation post-COVID.
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Keep ReadingLaunched in 2022, Being Seen is an industry guide from the Black Screen Office to facilitate authentic storytelling in Canada's screen sector.
Keep ReadingSubjects of Desire, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, and Ain't No Time for Women are the documentaries on Canada's Top Ten lists for 2021.
Keep ReadingJennifer Holness's Subjects of Desire celebrates Blackness while exploring how the beauty industry shapes images of Black women.
Keep ReadingWhen Greg Tourino, a science librarian at Simon Fraser University and former graduate cinema student was asked in BCLiving Magazine about his passion for Black Canadian film, his answer could stand for
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