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The Best Documentaries of 2024: Ringing in a Tumultuous Year

by Pat Mullen Marc Glassman
December 12, 2024January 9, 2025
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The best documentaries of 2024 include Mountain Queen, Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, Mistress Dispeller, Dahomey, Daughters, Yintah, and No Other Land.

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Cannes Review: Occupied City Deftly Navigates Past and Present

by Jason Gorber
May 23, 2023
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Steve McQueen and Bianca Stigter's Occupied City is a truly cinematic work that explores the ghosts of the past in the present.

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We look back on the year in #documentary as @marc. We look back on the year in #documentary as @marc.glassman.1 and @mullenpat each pick their #topten docs if 2024! What were your favourites? 🥳 #bestof2024 #movies #film Read the full lists here: https://povmagazine.com/the-best-documentaries-of-2024-ringing-in-a-tumultuous-year/
"I felt immediately an identification with the sta "I felt immediately an identification with the statues because the stigma of colonization is something that, in my own way, I have experienced and I’m still experiencing." Mati Diop tells us about making #Dahomey and confronting the ghosts of colonialism through film. Read more in our interview with the director and catch the film now playing in theatres! 🔗: https://povmagazine.com/mati-diop-on-dahomey-and-decolonial-documentary/ #documentary #MatiDiop #film #movies
We're co-presenting the screening of INK, BLOOD, A We're co-presenting the screening of INK, BLOOD, AND SOCKS tomorrow night at @workmanartsto Rendezvous with Madness Festival! 🗓️: WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30 @ 7:00pm 📍CAMH Auditorium | 1025 Queen St West 🎫🎫: email info@povmagazine.com for your chance to win a pair of tickets! 📝: Hanna Finn’s talent and charisma were undeniable from an early age. By the time she reached preschool, her creativity and sharp sense of humour were on full display. Now a young adult known as Psykos, she exists on the fringes, describing her life as one in a “parallel society.” Ribe’s documentary Ink, Blood and Socks chronicles Psykos’ struggles with addiction and her journey toward recovery. 🔗 https://workmanarts.com/rwm-events/ink-blood-and-socks/ #RWMfest #film #Toronto #mentalhealth #movies #contests #documentary
Happy 20th anniversary to the @windsorfilmfest! 🥳 Cut the cake by catching these hot docs at #WIFF24: 😻 American Cats: The Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly 🎤: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story 📹: Never Look Away 🍽: Born Hungry 🇨🇦: The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal 🔬: Plastic People 🪶: Yintah 🐸: Adrianne & the Castle ✊️: Union 🍷: Crush: Message in a Bottle We pick 20 docs for WIFF #20 - visit POVmagazine.com for the full list. See you at the festival! 📽 #documentary #movies #Windsor #film #filmfestival
🎥 We’re excited to be co-presenting the film 🎥 We’re excited to be co-presenting the film INK, BLOOD, AND SOCKS as part of Workman Arts’ (@workmanartsto) 32nd Annual Rendezvous with Madness Festival, happening OCT 25 - NOV 3, 2024! 🗓️ Sunday, Oct. 27 📍CAMH Auditorium | 1025 Queen St West  🎫 Box office: 8:00 PM | Film: 9:00 PM Hanna Finn’s talent and charisma were undeniable from an early age. By the time she reached preschool, her creativity and sharp sense of humour were on full display. Now a young adult known as Psykos, she exists on the fringes, describing her life as one in a “parallel society.”  Ribe’s documentary Ink, Blood and Socks chronicles Psykos’ struggles with addiction and her journey toward recovery.  🔗 Get your tickets here: https://www.workmanarts.com/rwm/ Use #RendezvouswithMadness #RWM2024 #ShineTogether
"It feels like we unlocked some new way of telling "It feels like we unlocked some new way of telling a story that is rooted in many things." In our current issue, @tremolodocs tells @filmfest_ca  about building @pharrell's story with @lego in the animated documentary @piecebypiecefilm 🔗 https://povmagazine.com/morgan-neville-on-piece-by-piece-and-building-a-doc-with-lego/ 🔖: #PieceByPiece #Pharrell #LEGO #movies #documentary #morganneville #animation
Rashid Masharawi talks about assembling a team of Rashid Masharawi talks about assembling a team of 22 Palestinian filmmakers to share untold stories from Gaza in FROM GROUND ZERO 🇵🇸 #tiffdocs #tiff24 #fromgroundzero #Palestine
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about their ro Will Ferrell and Harper Steele talk about their road trip together in #WillAndHarper! #willferrell #harpersteele #tiff24 #tiff #documentary
Need some recommendations for #TIFF24 heading into Need some recommendations for #TIFF24 heading into the home stretch? Check out POV for reviews and interviews of TIFF docs like #RussiansAtWar, #MenOfWar, #NoOtherLand, #TheLastRepublican, #BlueRoad, #Tata, #perfectlyastrangeness #TheBibiFiles, #SudanRemeberUs, #WillAndHarper and more with lots more rolling in over the last few days! #documentary #movies
At the world premiere if #TheFreedomOfFierre, dire At the world premiere if #TheFreedomOfFierre, director Santiago Esteinou tells how he and subject César Fierro kept in touch following their first film, which led to César's release from death row. #tiff24 #tiff #documentary #cesarfierro
Director Alexis Bloom talks about bringing this Ne Director Alexis Bloom talks about bringing this Netanyahu exposé to screen during the tense Q&A following the encore screening of THE BIBI FILES (pictured with producer Alex Gibney and programmer Thom Powers) #TIFF24 #thebibifiles #documentary
Doc day at the #tiff24 industry conference! Tom Po Doc day at the #tiff24 industry conference! Tom Powers taking intimacy in documentary storytelling with Sinead O'Shea (Blue Road), Hind Medded (Sudan, Remember Us) and Ted Passon (Patrice: The Movie) #tiff #documentary
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