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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, hot docs, reactions

VALENTINE ROAD plays Hot Docs 2013

No law is gonna change us

We have to change us

Whatever God you believe in

We come from the same one

Strip away the fear

Underneath it’s all the same love

Posted on May 2, 2013May 5, 2013
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2013 pt 2

Talkin’ BLOOD BROTHER with director Steve Hoover as Hot Docs festival coverage continues.

Posted on May 2, 2013May 4, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BLOOD BROTHER plays Hot Docs 2013

One young man’s journey of self-discovery leads to an amazing documentary full of heartache, life, and love.

Posted on May 1, 2013May 3, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

SHOOTING BIGFOOT plays Hot Docs 2013

What do you get when you cross THE BLAIR WITH PROJECT with HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS? You get a must-watch situation that seems destined for some man or beast to get badly hurt.

Posted on April 30, 2013May 3, 2013
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2013 pt 1

Talkin’ MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS with director Tom Berninger as Hot Docs festival coverage begins.

Posted on April 30, 2013May 1, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

DOWNLOADED plays Hot Docs 2013

A little over ten years ago, a perfect storm surrounded a technological innovation. The result would change the way we consume music forever.

Posted on April 29, 2013May 1, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS plays Hot Docs 2013

They say that if you can’t do it, fake it. That’s seldom been more evident than this film about one of rock’s hottest bands…where the idea goes to painful – but delightful – new lengths.

Posted on April 29, 2013May 1, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ANITA plays Hot Docs 2013

We watch shows like Mad Men, and shake our head at the sexist attitudes of the 1960’s. We forget sometimes that just 22 years ago, many of those attitudes remained intact. And then along came Anita Hill…

Posted on April 28, 2013May 1, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

I WILL BE MURDERED plays Hot Docs 2013

An accusation is not evidence. But when an accusation is made in highly dramatic fashion, it can easy to treat it as such.

Posted on April 28, 2013April 30, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD plays Hot Docs 2013

An adventure to a seldom seen corner of our planet is not only a scientific voyage, but also one that inspires great art and philosophy.

Posted on April 25, 2013April 29, 2013
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE MANOR plays Hot Docs 2013

The 20th Hot Docs Festival begins with a story of one family, and the way a strip club defines them.

Posted on April 24, 2013April 28, 2013
blind spot series

Blindsided by BROADCAST NEWS

How do you create a comedy that will last? You begin with the assumption that your audience isn’t a bunch of idiots. Armed with that assumption, its amazing how well a comedy can endure.

Posted on April 23, 2013June 30, 2015

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