It's Funny Because It's True is the latest partnership between Hot Docs and Netflix. The initiative will create five short docs by emerging filmmakers that explore the comedic side of non-fiction.
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“Shortly after coming out, a gay person said bluntly and directly that I had blood on my hands,” says Randy Thomas in the documentary Pray Away. “He said, ‘What do you think
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Naomi Osaka serves a mean forehand. The public attention to the tennis player’s success, however, has been sharply backhanded. The Netflix mini-series Naomi Osaka, directed by Garrett Bradley (Time) offers a window
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Heist strikes it rich with a trio of zany true crime capers. This fun anthology of moral fables from Netflix offers three tales of cops and robbers in which the latter energetically
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Since 2017, I have had the distinct pleasure of serving as the chair of a preliminary judging committee for the Peabody Awards in broadcasting and digital media. Along with two graduate students
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Doc Accelerator Lab Fellow Niya Abdullahi Wants to Enrich Audiences with the Power of Representation
Niya Abdullahi represents a new generation of filmmakers changing the documentary field. She is one of the participants in this year’s Doc Accelerator Lab, supported by Netflix through the Canadian Storytellers Project,
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Canadian Hertiage’s Bill C-10 sets forth amendments to the Broadcasting Act, following a recommendation by the Yale Report to tackle the dominance of tech giants in Canadian screen culture. The centrepiece is
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Netflix’s limited doc series Worn Stories unpacks the stories we wear in our most beloved wardrobe items.
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College admissions scandal docudrama Operation Varsity Blues unpacks a rigged system that enables a privileged few.
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“I realized how women want to move in a sensual way to reconnect with our bodies, not necessarily just to do pole tricks," says Michèle Ohayon on her Netflix doc Strip Down,
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