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Seeking Mavis Beacon Review: Or, the Hunt-and-Peck Approach

by Jason Gorber
January 30, 2024
Reviews/Sundance

Seeking Mavis Beacon follows two women on the hunt for the woman who was the face of a 1987 typing program, but deeper truths get lost when personal matters override the clues.

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Igualada Review: From Belittling to Empowering

by Courtney Small
January 28, 2024February 4, 2025
Reviews/Sundance

Igualada follows grassroots politician Francia Márquez as she mounts an historic presidential campaign and becomes a voice for the voiceless in Colombia.

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The Space Race Review: Tale of Black History Blasts Off

by Alejandra De La Huerta
December 6, 2023February 1, 2024
Reviews

The Space Race shares the overlooked stories of Black astronauts like Charles Bolden.

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How We Will Be Brave Changes the Conversation About Healthy Masculinity

by Rachel Ho
November 28, 2023
Interviews

An interview with We Will Be Brave director Chrisann Hessing about her award-winning documentary that explores conversations about masculinity and mental health post-#MeToo.

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REMC Calls for Harmonized Data Collection for Racial Equity

by Pat Mullen
November 1, 2023
Industry

Racial Equity Media Collective (REMC) releases report A National Data System and Benchmarking for Racial Equity regarding Canada's screen sector.

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Disrupting Canadian Myths

by Laurence Butet-Roch
May 31, 2023June 15, 2023
Photography

Deanna Bowen's installationBlack Drones in the Hive reveals Canada's racist past.

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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, 2023October 1, 2025
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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