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The Best Documentaries of 2023: A Year in Review

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 21, 2023
Features/Lists

The best documentaries of 2023 include Milisuthando, The Mother of All Lies, 20 Days in Mariupol, Swan Song, and Menus Plaisirs - Les Troisgros.

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IDA Awards Nominations Favour International Documentaries

by Pat Mullen
November 21, 2023
Industry

Apolonia, Apolonia leads the 2023 IDA Awards nominations with four, while Milisuthando and The Mother of All Lies score three.

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Hot Docs 2023 Report: Festival Rebounds with an Emphasis on Discovery

by Pat Mullen
May 8, 2023
Hot Docs

Report on Hot Docs 2023: Toronto's documentary festival rebounded with a strong line, well-attended screenings, and a sense of discovery.

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Toronto’s Heating Up: 23 Films We’ve Seen at Hot Docs 2023

by Pat Mullen
April 14, 2023
Hot Docs

POV recaps the festival hits (and a few misses) coming to Toronto's documentary festival from the circuit. Highlights include Milisuthando, The Castle, and I Lost My Mom.

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Twice Colonized to Open Hot Docs Festival

by Pat Mullen
March 28, 2023
Hot Docs

Hot Docs announces its full line up of 214 films for this year's festival, including Twice Colonized as its opening night selection.

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2023 Sundance Film Festival Report on Docs

by Pat Mullen
February 1, 2023
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Highlights on the documentary front at Sundance include Milisuthando, 20 Days in Mariupol, The Disappearance of Shere Hite, and Beyond Utopia.

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Milisuthando Review: Radical Decolonial Cinema

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2023
Reviews/Sundance

Milisuthando is an engrossing essay film that probes South African apartheid, Blackness, and identity through a personal collage of archives and memories.

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