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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

Alex Heeney / May 19, 2021

Ida Panahandeh’s Titi is a character study about life under patriarchy

Ida Panahandeh’s Titi is a character study about an Iranian Roma woman caught between two unworthy men in a society controlled by men.

Alex Heeney / May 13, 2021

Visions du Réel Review: Pauline Julier’s documentary Way Beyond goes inside CERN

Pauline Julier’s 60-minute documentary Way Beyond takes us inside CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research) to follow the planning process for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) projec

Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

HotDocs Review: Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America

In the documentary Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffrey Robinson guides us through the history of racism in America through primary documents and site visits both personal and political.

Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism

One of Ours is the story of Josiah Wilson, a Black twentysomething born in Haiti where he was adopted by a pair of Canadians — a white mother and an Indigenous father — as he navigates his identity.

A mother and daughter stands side by side, arms around each others' shoulders, in Daughter of a Lost Bird.

Orla Smith / May 7, 2021

Daughter of a Lost Bird Review: An Indigenous woman reconnects with her birth mother

In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial violence has shaped her life.

A still of Nguyễn Phương Trà My walking up a set of stairs in The Third Wife. The image features text that reads, 'Review'.

Brett Pardy / April 29, 2021

The Third Wife Review: A beautiful and bleak portrayal of patriarchy

Ash Mayfair’s The Third Wife tells the story of a teenage girl whose family marries her off in nineteenth-century Vietnam.

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