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Author: Jess Rogers

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FREE SOLO

January 25, 2019

The difference is the stakes

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Jess Rogers
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GIRLS DON’T FLY plays Hot Docs 2016

May 3, 2016

It’s rare that a film, blockbuster or documentary, gets to live out a real-life stranger than fiction scenario.

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Jess Rogers
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THE SEER plays Hot Docs 2016

April 29, 2016

Hot Docs 2016 brings us before Wendell Berry, and his plea for us to consider our choices.

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Jess Rogers
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FRACTURED LAND plays Hot Docs 2015

April 30, 2015

Witness the lengths one young man will go to be trustworthy and a strong representative for his people.

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Jess Rogers
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PLANETARY plays Hot Docs 2015

April 29, 2015

On the right day, the right words can change the world

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Jess Rogers
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HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD plays Hot Docs 2015

April 27, 2015

We have a limited planet, we need to make the best use of it we can in order to continue to be ourselves

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Jess Rogers
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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD plays Hot Docs 2015

April 25, 2015

If any long journey begins with a single step, watching this film should be what you do to inform the direction that step could go.

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Jess Rogers
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