An appreciation of programmer and filmmaker Lynne Fernie's contribution to the Canadian scene upon her retirement from Hot Docs.
Keep ReadingMore than three decades passed before an Inuk was able to make a feature film that showed a native perspective on the seal hunt. Alethea Arnaquq-Barilβs documentary Angry Inuk is that long-awaited
Keep ReadingTanya Tree's The Things I Cannot Change drew immediate praise for its intimate, powerful cinema veritΓ© portrait of Kenneth and Gertrude Bailey.
Keep ReadingAngry Inuk by Alethea Arnaquq-Baril asks, βHow does a culture with an understated anger confront a group that is exactly the opposite?β
Keep ReadingAlanis Obomsawin's Incident at Restigouche exposes the preposterous invasion of a Miβkmaq reservation in Quebec byβ¨ provincial police armed to the teeth.
Keep ReadingAnjali Nayar's Gun Runners shows how running provides an outlet far greater than the violence and warfare into which the subjects entered as children.
Keep Reading"The basic purpose is for our people to have a voice. To be heard is the important thing, no matter what it is that weβre talking about," says Alanis Obomsawin.
Keep ReadingTiffany Hsiung's The Apology is one of the best films ever produced by the NFB as it gives voice to "comfort women" in search of closure.
Keep ReadingOn Jean Bruce and Gerda Cammaerβs monograph Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic about Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman's 1992 doc.
Keep ReadingPOV is sad to hear of the passing of prolific doc-filmmaker and innovator Colin Low. In memory of the filmmakerβs commitment to Canadian film, POV would like to share this interview with
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