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Tag: hot docs 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
festivals, hot docs

“Are You Scared?” – Kate Bradford Interviews Barbara Kopple

She was threatened, nearly run over, and even shot at as she captured the efforts of Appalachian miners to get a union contract. The result is one of the best documentaries ever made.

Posted on May 1, 2014May 7, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

IN COUNTRY plays Hot Docs 2014

War is Hell. If you’d like to play in Hell, that can be arranged.

Posted on May 1, 2014May 4, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

FED UP plays Hot Docs 2014

Think you know what’s in your food and how it got there? Think again.

Posted on April 30, 2014May 3, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

GUIDELINES plays Hot Docs 2014

GUIDELINES, from director Jean-Francois Caissy, employs a unique cinéma vérité style to observe the students at a rural Quebec high school in a variety of “interventions” with authority figures.

Posted on April 30, 2014May 3, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

MEET THE PATELS plays Hot Docs 2014

“You know that girl in Eat, Pray, Love? She goes through a break up, goes on the existential journey to India to get over depression, find out what she really wanted in life? I was that girl. Except, my family was with me the entire time.”

Posted on April 29, 2014May 1, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

I AM BIG BIRD plays Hot Docs 2014

Today’s film has been brought to you by the letters L, O, V, and E.

Posted on April 29, 2014May 1, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

RICH HILL plays Hot Docs 2014

A mundane town like any other is the subject of a stunning film like few others.

Posted on April 28, 2014May 1, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

DOC OF THE DEAD plays Hot Docs 2014

Whether it’s our darkest fears of death and gore, or the growing unrest in the world, or merely a dreading of the loss of those we love, zombies are tuned into humanity at it’s core.

Posted on April 28, 2014May 1, 2014

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