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Tag: hot docs 2012

festivals, hot docs, reactions

DETROPIA plays Hot Docs

The city that bred legends like Henry Ford, Joe Louis, and Stevie Wonder is in crisis.

Posted on May 6, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2012 pt 3

Talkin’ THE WAITING ROOM with director Pete Nicks and producer Bill Hirsch as Hot Docs festival coverage concludes.

Posted on May 6, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THEO FLEURY: PLAYING WITH FIRE plays Hot Docs

No matter how famous you become, sometimes you just can’t outrun your past.

Posted on May 5, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

SEXY BABY plays Hot Docs

If sex is everywhere, how is it that our attitude about sex is so damned screwed up?

Posted on May 5, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

INDIE GAME: THE MOVIE plays Hot Docs

The artists of the new millennium are every bit as tortured as the artists who came before.

Posted on May 4, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY plays Hot Docs

It must have been so tempting to make a film for the fans. Happily, Stacy Peralta took a more nuanced approach and came up with pure joy.

Posted on May 4, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2012 pt 2

Talkin’ CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA with director Poull Brien as Hot Docs festival coverage continues.

Posted on May 3, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

MARLEY plays Hot Docs

The first surprise is how many new stories there are to be told about an icon like Bob Marley. The second surprise is that it has taken this long for such stories to be told at all.

Posted on May 3, 2012January 13, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

TCHOUPITOULAS plays Hot Docs

There’s nothing like New Orleans as day turns into night…and even less like New Orleans as night turns into day again.

Posted on May 2, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA plays Hot Docs

Try a little harder
Stop wasting over yonder
Wake up –
You’ll get your break…

Posted on May 2, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE WAITING ROOM plays Hot Docs

Take your number and take a seat. This might take a while.

Posted on May 1, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE FINAL MEMBER plays Hot Docs

You know you’re writing a different sort of post when you start running out of synonyms for “penis”. As it happens, the subject of the post is one fantastic film.

Posted on May 1, 2012December 24, 2012

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