We discuss two of the best films of 2021, No Ordinary Man and John Ware Reclaimed, documentaries that use creative techniques to reclaim lost history. We touch …
Canadian cinema
Ep. 92: Commodifying Women: Sugar Daddy and An Easy Girl
In this episode, we discuss two recent films directed by women about how women commodify themselves and are commodified by society and the people around them: …
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HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism
Yasmine Mathurin's 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 …
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HotDocs Review: Archipelago is an animated tour of the St. Lawrence
Archipelago is a documentary that mixes archival footage with animation to tell the story of the land along the St. Lawrence river. Archipelago is available …
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Ep. 89: Coming of Age at Forty: Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version
On this episode we discuss two of our favourites films of last year — Spinster and The Forty-Year-Old Version — about women at a personal and career crossroads. …
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‘In the Innu language, every word is an image’: Kim O’Bomsawin on Call Me Human
Abenaki filmmaker Kim O'Bomsawin discusses her documentary Call Me Human (Je m'appelle humain) and telling the story of Joséphine Bacon and her friends. The …
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