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 …
History and Memory
Explore the blurry line between history and memory on screen.
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. The film is now available on …
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Charlatan draws parallels between a faith healer and communism
Agnieszka Holland's Charlatan tells the story of Czech herbalist and healer Jan Mikolášek to draw parallels with post-war communism. Charlatan is the Czech …
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Antisemitism and more at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival
We recommend what to watch at the 2020 Toronto Jewish Film Festival this weekend, including When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Antisemitism, and The Crossing. …
Food is the language of love in Coming Home Again
Wayne Wang's Coming Home Again is a heartfelt story of a first generation Korean-American grieving as he takes care of his mother as she dies of cancer. The …
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ImagineNative 2020 highlights great Indigenous films
The 2020 ImagineNative Film Festival is entirely online this year, and highlights include: Monkey Beach, Inconvenient Indian, and shorts like Lichen and …
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