Alba Sotorra on her documentary Commander Arian, which follows a group of Syrian women fighting against ISIS. …
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The Night of all Nights asks: How do couples stay together?
Director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long-term relationships and what makes them last. …
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Blowin’ Up: Inside a courtroom that protects sex workers
Director Stephanie Wang-Breal on portraying sex workers with dignity in her documentary Blowin' Up. …
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HotDocs Interview: Slut or Nut exposes sexism in rape trials
Canadian filmmaker Kelly Showker discusses her film which documents Mandi Gray's gruel ling Toronto rape trial as she tries to find justice. …
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Director Ann Shin on making My Enemy, My Brother
Director Ann Shin and producer Hannah Donegan discuss the making of My Enemy, My Brother, Shin's poignant documentary about two men who fought on opposite sides …
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Laura Anne Harris picks the six best performances of 2017
Laura Anne Harris takes a look at six of the best performances of 2017 and examines what makes them so thoughtful and detailed. Read the rest of our best of the …
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Review: The Public Theater takes a joyous, bare bones Twelfth Night on the road
The Public Theater Mobile Unit brings Shakespeare’s farcical romance of mistaken identities, Twelfth Night, to prisons, community centers, and more in New York …
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Review: Linney and Nixon impress in Little Foxes on Broadway
Director Daniel Sullivan makes the most out of Lillian Hellman’s uneven Little Foxes, creating a showcase for Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon. Lillian …
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HotDocs Interview: Marie Clements chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement in musical doc The Road Forward
Indigenous musician Marie Clements discusses her musical documentary, The Road Forward, which chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement. …
HotDocs Interview: Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols and female objectification
Director Kyoko Miyake talks Tokyo Idols, how the girls stay safe, and how the inherent sexism in this subculture isn’t that different from life in the West. …
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