Indigenous musician Marie Clements discusses her musical documentary, The Road Forward, which chronicles Canada's Indigenous Civil Rights Movement. …
Canadian Cinema
Promoting and spotlighting Canadian Cinema is one of the goals of The Seventh Row. Here you'll find reviews of Canadian films and interviews with Canadian directors.
HotDocs Interview: Director Kalina Bertin explores her family’s bipolar disorder in Manic
Canadian documentarian Kalina Bertin takes an unexpected journey into her family history of bipolar disorder in her HotDocs film Manic …
HotDocs Interview: Director Ali Weinstein dives into a community of Mermaids
Canadian filmmaker Ali Weinstein explores how putting on a mermaid tail can help women transform into mystical powerful beings in Mermaids. For tickets and more …
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HotDocs Interview: Stacey Tenenbaum on elevating the shoe shining profession in Shiners
Canadian filmmaker Stacey Tenenbaum on how shoe shiners tell a story about class difference around the world in her HotDocs film Shiners. For HotDocs tickets …
HotDocs Interview: Director Ann Shin on the making of 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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Hello Destroyer explores the thin line between hockey menace and model
Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer is a hockey movie where the drama is not in the game, but in how its violence has consequences that ripple off the ice. …
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Writer-director Chloé Robichaud talks Boundaries (Pays) and women in politics
Québécois writer-director Chloé Robichaud’s discusses her sophomore feature, Boundaries (Pays), which tackles what it’s like to be a woman in politics. The film …
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Québécois filmmaker Sophie Goyette talks Mes Nuits Feront Écho
Québécois writer-director Sophie Goyette discusses her feature debut, Mes Nuits Feront Écho (Still Night Still Light), about three people connected by their …
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Sundance: Sarain Fox and Michelle Latimer on their VICE series, RISE, telling Indigenous stories
Host Sarain Fox and Director Michelle Latimer discuss the making of their new VICE TV series, RISE, telling Indigenous stories, and what it means to tell these …
Québecois writer-director Anne Émond talks Nelly
Writer-director Anne Émond discusses her unconventional Nelly Arcand biopic, Nelly, which was selected for Canada's Top Ten of 2016. The film opens January 20 …
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