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Tag: documentary

festivals, hot docs, reactions

BLOOD SISTERS plays Hot Docs 2015

A beautifully restrained portrait of a truly unbreakable bond,

Posted on April 24, 2015April 26, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

JESUS TOWN, USA plays Hot Docs 2015

Blessed are the Buddhists, for they will make for splendid nonfiction viewing.

Posted on April 24, 2015April 26, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

MISSING PEOPLE plays Hot Docs 2015

A portrait of one woman; Who she once was, who she thinks she is, and what she might never be again.

Posted on April 23, 2015April 25, 2015
hot docs, trailers

Saturday People: LIVE FROM NEW YORK! Trailer

Any chance Sinead O’Connor and Ashlee Simpson were available for comment?

Posted on April 20, 2015April 24, 2015
hot docs, trailers

Something in The Way: MONTAGE OF HECK Trailer

Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld…So I can sigh eternally

Posted on April 15, 2015April 20, 2015
hot docs, trailers

Young Legends: RAIDERS! Trailer

For lovers of youth, lovers of film, and lovers of the truth.

Posted on March 25, 2015March 31, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by CLOSE-UP

What is fact, what is truth, and when does it even matter?

Posted on September 30, 2014June 30, 2015
festivals, reactions, TIFF

RED ARMY plays TIFF 2014

One team dominated a sport for almost twenty years; they did no arrive at that dominant position easily.

Posted on September 11, 2014September 14, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE SHEIK plays Hot Docs 2014

He will humble you…now that he’s done being humbled himself.

Posted on May 4, 2014May 9, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

OUT OF MIND, OUT OF SIGHT plays Hot Docs 2014

The winner of Best Canadian Feature Documentary from Director John Kastner, this film challenges our views on the mentally ill violent offenders of Brockville Psych, and paints a triumphant portrait of forgiveness, healing, and overwhelming empathy.

Posted on May 3, 2014May 9, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ART AND CRAFT plays Hot Docs 2014

Who’s the real master: The painter of the forger?

Posted on May 3, 2014May 7, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

HAPPY VALLEY plays Hot Docs 2014

When a legacy is tarnished, there are a lot of hands that get dirty.

Posted on May 2, 2014May 7, 2014

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