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Michelle Shephard

Hot Docs Podcast Sessions: Crossing Over, Breaking In, and Collaborating

by Tom White
May 23, 2023
Hot Docs/Industry

Hot Docs Podcast Sessions at the Industry Conference featured words from Connie Walker, Tanya Talaga, Michelle Shephard, and Nicole Newnham.

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The Man Who Stole Einstein’s Brain Review: A Novel Noggin

by Liam Lacey
May 3, 2023
Hot Docs/Reviews

Michelle Shephard investigates the strange case behind the theft of one of history's greatest minds, and the story behind the story, in The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain.

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Cynara Puts the Justice System on Trial

by Courtney Small
April 26, 2023October 21, 2023
Features/Hot Docs

Sherien Barsoum's documentary Cynara investigates the role of prejudice in a Toronto mother’s wrongful conviction for her daughter's murder.

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Hot Docs Adds Special Presentations Including Shephard, Avrich, and Shere Hite

by Pat Mullen
March 21, 2023
Hot Docs

Hot Docs adds 12 Special Presentations to this year's festival, including world premieres of films directed by Michelle Shephard and Barry Avrich

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Michelle Shepard is a white woman with blond hair. She is wearing a purple plaid shirt with a pink scarf. She is facing Ismael Abdulle, a young Black man with black hair who is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt. They are standing in front of a barricade in Mogadishu.

The Perfect Story Review: Or, When the Story Changes

by Pat Mullen
October 4, 2022
Reviews

Journalist and filmmaker Michelle Shephard revisits the tale of her 2010 subject Ismael Abdulle and finds a new and unexpected angle with The Perfect Story.

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The Perfect Story to Kick Off 22nd Doc Soup Season

by Pat Mullen
August 9, 2022
Hot Docs

Doc Soup returns to Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on October 5 with the Toronto premiere of The Perfect Story, directed by Michelle Shepard.

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The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good L The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good Light wins @hotdocs_ Audience Award after holding the #1 spot all festival, while Endless Cookie wins Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. 🗳

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Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing?

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2. The Longer You Bleed - @mullenpat on Made in Exile highlight 🇺🇦
3. I, Poppy - @filmfest_ca on Best International Feature winner 🏆 
4. They're Here - @smallmind1978 on doc about strange visitors 🛸
5. The Secret Lives of My Three Men - @bgos923 reviews hybrid highlight 🎭
6. I Dreamed His Name - Alexander Mooney looks at a personal journey 🇨🇴
7. Ai Weiwei's Turandot - @marc.glassman on an artist in times of war and COVID 😷
8. Widow Champion - @susangcole looks at sisters in a struggle 🙋‍♀️
9. Circusboy is a Wisemanesque view of the big top 🎪
10. Higher than Acidic Clouds defies censors 🇮🇷

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Last weekend of @hotdocs_! Don't sleep on some gre Last weekend of @hotdocs_! Don't sleep on some great docs. Lots more this and stories on the site. Highlights include:
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7. Apocalypse in the Tropics 🤲
8. Casas Muertas 🇻🇪
9. The Last Ambassador 🇦🇫
10. My Boyfriend, the Fascist 🍑
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What happens when the ghost of Marjory Stoneman Do What happens when the ghost of Marjory Stoneman Douglas appears to you in a dream? @sashawortzel tells us how the Evergladed authir inspired her @riverofgrassdoc at @hotdocs_ 🐊

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Executive producers Felipe Estefan and James Costa Executive producers Felipe Estefan and James Costa do a Q&A and patiently endure some long-winded comments at the @hotdocs_ premiere of Apocalypse in the Tropics. Coming soon to Netflix! #HotDocs25 #Documentary #Brazil
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