Sahtu Dene musician Jay Gilday sits on a rooftop in Yellowknife, with his acoustic guitar and a microphone aligned with the treetops. Shot on a propped-up iPhone 12, this is the opening
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Every building tells a story. The older the abode, the grander the tale. The short doc series Behind the Façade, produced by Lantern Films, opens the doors of several structures that shape
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Doc Accelerator Lab Fellow Niya Abdullahi Wants to Enrich Audiences with the Power of Representation
Niya Abdullahi represents a new generation of filmmakers changing the documentary field. She is one of the participants in this year’s Doc Accelerator Lab, supported by Netflix through the Canadian Storytellers Project,
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An interview with director Courtney Montour about Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, honouring the Mohawk activist, and drawing upon the work of Alanis Obomsawin.
Keep ReadingThis year’s insanely long awards season is finally over. For the documentary crowd, the Oscar race basically begins at Sundance a full year before the show. This year, however, the pandemic means
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An appreciation of late experimental film maverick Barbara Hammer who broke ground with formally inventive and daring works that emphasized lesbian visibility, including Superdyke, Maya Deren's Sink, and A Horse Is Not
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Erēmīta (Anthology) is a series of experimental segments shot by cinematographers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canadian director Ben Proudfoot discusses his Oscar-shortlisted doc A Concerto Is a Conversation, directed with composer Kris Bowers, which recently screened at Sundance.
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Apollo 11: Quarantine is a worthy follow-up to Todd Douglas Miller's masterful archival doc.
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Reviews for the Oscar-shortlisted short docs A Love Song for Latasha, Speed Cubers, Call Center Blues, and Do Not Split.
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