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River Review: Treading Watermark

by Pat Mullen
April 12, 2023
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Jennifer Peedom's River, narrated by Willem Dafoe, offers a thematic sequel to her 2017 film Mountain, but is almost identical to Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nick de Pencier's Watermark.

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Whistler Film Festival Report: Where Mountains Meet Movies

by Pat Mullen
December 10, 2022
Festivals

Report from the 2022 Whistler Film Festival is a tale of mountains and movies with highlights including Tracing Influence, Rodeo, and Coyote.

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Jennifer Baichwal on Into the Weeds and the Roots of Wonder

by Pat Mullen
April 28, 2022
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Into the Weeds director Jennifer Baichwal on telling the story of Dewayne Lee Johnson, the Monsanto company, and its collective stakes.

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POV Picks: 5 Canadian Docs to See at Home

by POV Staff
April 20, 2022
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Want to see the films you read about in POV? Connect with Canadian documentaries through Telefilm Canada's See It All portal!

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Anthropocene’s Three Filmmakers and Ecological Disaster

by Susan G. Cole
September 15, 2018August 14, 2022
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Lights, camera, spectacular success – backlash. So it goes with the films co-created by Ed Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier. The trio is launching Anthropocene, the third in their eco-conscious

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TIFF Review: ‘Anthropocene: The Human Epoch’

by Pat Mullen
September 13, 2018August 14, 2022
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Anthropocene is the third installment in the team’s epic trilogy of spectacular environmental essay films that began with Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013). The latest film is the culmination of a major body of work.

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REVIEW: Watermark

by Marc Glassman
October 4, 2013April 22, 2022
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Watermark is a brilliant documentary feature, a cinematic essay that examines its subject—water—in diverse and enlightening ways.

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Watermark: Interview with Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier

by Marc Glassman
September 4, 2013March 2, 2022
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Watermark directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier about their essay film follow-up to Manufactured Landscapes.

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Watermark: Interview with Edward Burtynsky

by Blake Fitzpatrick
September 4, 2013February 12, 2022
Interviews/Photography

Watermark is a continuation of Burtynsky’s work, which is recognizable for his signature big-picture approach to photography and environmentalism.

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