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The hands of two lawyers are visible as they sit at a desk reviewing a contract.

DOC Introduces Filmmaker Toolkit for Legal Templates in Production

by Pat Mullen
March 14, 2025
Industry

How does the Documentary Organization of Canada's new filmmaker toolkit offer legal guidance? Remy Khouzam and Sarah Spring explain.

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Heightened Scrutiny Review: An Urgent Snapshot of the Fight for Trans Rights and Human Rights

by Pat Mullen
February 3, 2025
Reviews/Sundance

ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio argues for the rights of trans youth in a Supreme Court case with far-reaching implications in Heightened Scrutiny.

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The Trials of Alan Dershowitz Review: The Infamous New York Lawyer Goes On The Record

by Larry Fried
November 22, 2023
Festivals/Reviews

The Trials of Alan Dershowitz gives the infamous New York lawyer a relatively bland doc treatment that tells us lots about his cases, but little about the man himself.

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Silver Dollar Road Review: A Land Worth Fighting For

by Courtney Small
September 13, 2023October 13, 2023
Reviews/TIFF

Silver Dollar Road follows North Carolina family's multi-year legal battle to save the land that's been in the family for generations.

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‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas: the Naughty and Nice of a Feud

by Pat Mullen
November 26, 2021December 1, 2021
Features/Interviews

An interview with director Becky Read about 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas and documenting a yuletide legal war.

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The Truth on Ruth: Freida Lee Mock’s Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doc

by Pat Mullen
February 10, 2021August 9, 2021
Interviews

An interview with Academy Award winning director Freida Lee Mock on her Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary Ruth – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words and bringing an American icon's story to the

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Sundance Documentary Report: Part 8

by Sandi Rankaduwa Jason Gorber
February 6, 2021February 8, 2022
Reviews/Sundance

POV's latest dispatch from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival offers reviews for Philly D.A., Try Harder!, and Writing with Fire.

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‘The Fight’ Brilliantly Captures the Insanity of Keeping Up with Trump

by Pat Mullen
July 29, 2020August 28, 2021
Reviews

The Fight (USA, 96 min.) Dir. Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, Eli Despres After wowing the documentary crowd with their portrait of an errant Weiner, Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres chronicle

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Part exposé, part empathetic portrait, @a.n.n.n.n.n.n.i.e ’s @onf_nfb doc Your Higher Self explores the booming world of life coaching—a modern phenomenon capturing our society’s obsession with self-improvement.

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Is #ThePerfectNeighbor the Oscar frontrunner for Best Documentary? 

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@vancityreynolds and @clinhanks tell us why John Candy: I Like Me invites an important conversation about mental health and captures the star's iconic Canadianness. 🇨🇦

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"She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox "She was the host of Church St." @therealgoldelox tells us about her #documentary Michelle Ross: Unknown Icon and remembering the life and work of Toronto's beloved drag artist. 

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🖥: @cbcgem and Passionate Eye. 

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Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ wit Doc Soup returns for a new season at @hotdocs_ with #TheLibrarians on Oct. 8! 

We chatted with director Kim A. Snyder about looking at the rise in book banning and the librarians fighting for America's kids.

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Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @br Tour the world with @robert_bateman_artist and @brisfos in @theartofadventure__doc!

 The friends and director @alireidfilm sat down 26th @filmfest_ca to talk about their #documentary before it screens at @viffest & @windsorfilmfest. 🚐

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