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Did the 1972 Hockey Summit Define Us?

by Susan G. Cole
September 26, 2022
Essays

Summit 72 and Ice-Breaker are two new documentaries that revisit the 1972 Canada-Soviet Union hockey games that gripped the nation.

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Jennifer Baichwal on Into the Weeds and the Roots of Wonder

by Pat Mullen
April 28, 2022
Hot Docs/Interviews

Into the Weeds director Jennifer Baichwal on telling the story of Dewayne Lee Johnson, the Monsanto company, and its collective stakes.

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POV Picks: 5 Canadian Docs to See at Home

by POV Staff
April 20, 2022
Features

Want to see the films you read about in POV? Connect with Canadian documentaries through Telefilm Canada's See It All portal!

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The Epoch Films of the Anthropocene

by Michael John Long
October 9, 2018August 24, 2021
Essays/Features

The Anthropocene is a concept ripe for exploration by documentarians, who have a unique ability to depict the scale of human impact on the world. How films like Anthropocene: The Human Epoch,

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Anthropocene’s Three Filmmakers and Ecological Disaster

by Susan G. Cole
September 15, 2018August 14, 2022
Features

Lights, camera, spectacular success – backlash. So it goes with the films co-created by Ed Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The trio is launching Anthropocene, the third in their eco-conscious

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TIFF Review: ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’

by Pat Mullen
September 13, 2018August 14, 2022
Reviews/TIFF

Anthropocene is the third installment in the team’s epic trilogy of spectacular environmental essay films that began with Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The latest film is the culmination of a major body of work.

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Review: ‘Long Time Running’

by Pat Mullen
September 14, 2017September 25, 2021
Reviews/TIFF

Long Time Running (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier Programme: Galas (World Premiere)   Long Time Running has major expectations to fulfill given that the final performance of

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Canada’s Documentary Essentials: ‘Manufactured Landscapes’

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2017September 6, 2021
Features

Jennifer Baichwal’s Manufactured Landscapes opens with a cinematic coup. An eight-minute tracking shot slowly sweeps across a factory floor in China.

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REVIEW: Watermark

by Marc Glassman
October 4, 2013April 22, 2022
Reviews

Watermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.

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Watermark: Interview with Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier

by Marc Glassman
September 4, 2013March 2, 2022
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Watermark directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about their essay film follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes.

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How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu How did THE TERRITORY engage members of the Uru-eu-wau-wau tribe to tell their story? Here's director Alex Pritz on Tangãi's journey to becoming one of the film's cinematographers.

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Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toront Now screening for free from @Goetheinstitut_Toronto until Feb. 15, catch THEN & NOW, the first in a series of double-bills of German cinema streaming online through 2023. 

Among the films screening in this month's selection is the documentary TACHELES - THE HEART OF THE MATTER, which observes how younger generations carry the weight of the Holocaust if it is so far removed from their experiences. 🇩🇪

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