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Resilience and Representation in Alberta

by Nauzanin Knight
June 27, 2024
Features/Industry

Tracing the evolving landscape of BIPOC documentary filmmaking in Alberta with directors and producers like Cheryl Foggo, Taghreed Saadeh, and Gil Cardinal.

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National Canadian Film Day Documentary Highlights

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2022
Industry

National Canadian Film Day highlights for documentary screenings, conversations, at home viewings, and more to celebrate Canadian content.

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30 Indigenous Films from the NFB You Ought to See

by Michelle van Beusekom
May 4, 2020January 3, 2022
Features

Must see Indigenous documentaries and movies from the National Film Board of Canada.

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The Best Canadian Documentaries of 2019

by Marc Glassman
December 26, 2019August 21, 2021
Features

The standout Canadian docs of 2019 include nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, This Is Not a Movie, The Corporate Coup d'État, Toxic Beauty, and Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies.

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‘nîpawistamâsowin’ is 2019’s Best Canadian Doc so Far

by Marc Glassman
May 30, 2019August 24, 2021
Reviews

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (Canada, 98 min.) Dir. Tasha Hubbard Anyone wondering what is the best Canadian documentary of the spring should look no further than Tasha Hubbard’s absorbing indictment of

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Changing the Conversation About Festivals

by Marc Glassman
April 26, 2019May 14, 2022
Hot Docs

Hot Docs has become like TIFF: it’s so great that there’s too much to see. 251 films? You can’t see them all.

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Justice for Colten

by Pat Mullen
April 20, 2019August 22, 2021
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

Tasha Hubbard's nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up examines the murder of Colten Boushie and the legacy of colonial violence that underscored the trial of Gerard Stanley.

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Saskatchewan: A Cooperative past and future

by Alex Rogalski
August 11, 2017January 7, 2022
Essays

Saskatchewan film is innovative, reflective work that leans toward the personal, yet tells a story specific to a part of the country.

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The Slow Burn: Committed Canadian Documentaries at Hot Docs 2017

by Ezra Winton
May 4, 2017November 20, 2021
Festivals/Hot Docs

Several of the conversations I’ve had about the current state of documentary in Canada at this year’s Hot Docs have turned on issues relating to both the cultural politics and the political

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Review: ‘Birth of a Family’

by Pat Mullen
April 27, 2017November 6, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Birth of a Family (Canada, 79 min.) Dir. Tasha Hubbard Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere)   A revelatory documentary, Birth of a Family is a family-reunion doc unlike any you’ve seen before.

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