Hip Hop documentaries like As We Speak, Nas: Time Is Illmatic, Black Life: Untold Stories, and Free Meek show the power of music and community.
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Remembering filmmaker Charles Officer, director of films such as Unarmed Verses and Mighty Jerome - a talented artist lost too soon.
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A look back at the impact of filmmaker Charles Officer, who passed away on December 1 at age 48 and left behind a notable body of work in documentary and drama.
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Keep ReadingUnarmed Verses (Canada, 85 min.) Dir. Charles Officer The thought experiment called the ship of Theseus asks if a boat remains the same if one removes all of its boards and
Keep ReadingSeveral 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
Keep ReadingHugh Gibson's The Stairs and Charles Officer's Unarmed Verses are two docs set in Toronto’s social housing districts
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