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Disrupting Canadian Myths

by Laurence Butet-Roch
May 31, 2023
Photography

Deanna Bowen's Black Drones in the Hive reveals Canada's racist past by re-contextualizing archives, found materials, and photographs to inspire a "civic gaze."

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Little Richard: I Am Everything Review: Rock’s True King

by Jason Gorber
January 28, 2023
Reviews/Sundance

Little Richard: I Am Everything biographical documentary reminds audiences who the real king of rock and roll is, but could do more.

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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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First Trailer for TIFF-bound Sidney

by Pat Mullen
August 16, 2022
TIFF

Sidney from director Reginald Hudlin profiles Oscar winning actor and activist Sidney Poitier. The documentary plays TIFF before streaming on AppleTV+.

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Stay Prayed Up Review: Can We Get an Amen?

by Pat Mullen
June 17, 2022
Reviews

Stay Prayed Up is an upbeat portrait of gospel singer Linda Mae Perry and her legacy with the group The Branchettes.

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Deconstructing Karen Review: Waking Up White Women

by Susan G. Cole
May 2, 2022
Hot Docs/Reviews

Deconstructing Kare is also an invitation to take responsibility and to become more active in the fight against racism.

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Lincoln’s Dilemma Review: Being Honest About Abe

by Pat Mullen
February 19, 2022
Reviews

Documentary series Lincoln's Dilemma reconsiders American Abraham Lincoln's legacy as the great emancipator.

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Now Streaming: Stateless Is Powerful Black History Month Viewing

by Pat Mullen
February 1, 2022
Features

Now streaming from the NFB, Stateless is Michèle Stephenson's powerful study of divisions brought by the Dominican Republic's 2013 citizenship repeal.

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The Black + White Truth about Oscar Peterson and Racism in Canada

by Courtney Small
December 20, 2021
Essays/Features

Oscar Peterson: Black + White celebrates a Canadian icon, but reveals our ongoing discomfort with confronting this country's ongoing history of racism.

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Bix and Brigitte Berman: restoring a jazz film classic

by Jason Gorber
December 7, 2021
Festivals/Interviews

Oscar winner Brigitte Berman discusses her newly restored documentary Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet and finding new audiences for the story of a jazz legend.

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