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Toxic Beauty

The Best Canadian Documentaries of 2019

by Marc Glassman
December 26, 2019
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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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Review: ‘Toxic Beauty’

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2019
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Toxic Beauty (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Phyllis Ellis Programme: Special Presentations (World Premiere) With all the doom and gloom environmental documentaries out there, many might have missed the greatest ecological disaster closest

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When “Gentle” Can Kill

by Judy Wolfe
April 28, 2019
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What did you apply to your hair, skin, or teeth today? Do you ever consider why you use personal care products or cosmetics? Or do you look at the labels to see

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Changing the Conversation About Festivals

by Marc Glassman
April 26, 2019
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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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