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Explorations in Documentary

Documentary filmmakers consider why and how they tell non-fiction stories.

Kalina Bertin's siblings in her HotDocs documentary Manic

Laura Anne Harris / May 2, 2017

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

A group of Mermaids on Huntington Beach in Ali Weinstein's documentary

Laura Anne Harris / May 1, 2017

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 information, visit the HotDocs website here.

Shoe Shine before and after in Stacey Tenenbaum's doc Shiners

Laura Anne Harris / April 29, 2017

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 and more information on the film, click here.

I Called Him Morgan, Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Kasper Collin.

Alex Heeney / April 7, 2017

Interview: Director Kasper Collin on I Called Him Morgan and paying tribute to a jazz great

Director Kasper Collin on creating a duet between Lee Morgan’s trumpet and his wife Helen Morgan’s voice in his new documentary I Called Him Morgan.

In Loco Parentis, Neasa Ní Chianáian, David Rane

Alex Heeney / March 16, 2017

Interview: Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane on School Life

Directors Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane discuss their documentary film In Loco Parentis about a modern boarding school, Headfort School in Ireland. Neasa Ní Chianáin has continued to explore innovative pedagogy on film with her documentary Young Plato.

Motherland, Ramona Diaz

Alex Heeney / February 16, 2017

Director Ramona Diaz talks Motherland and life in the maternity ward

Documentarian Ramona Diaz discusses the making of Motherland and how she got real, emotional access to her subjects during their stay at the maternity ward.

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