In this episode, we compare two political, but not didactic, documentaries, Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine's new film Boy's State and Jean-François Caissy’s 2018 …
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The search for strange: Werner Herzog re-examines Bruce Chatwin’s travels in Nomad
20 years after travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s death, Herzog’s new film Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin serves as both a celebration of Chatwin’s …
TIFF19 review: Hind Meddeb’s documentary Paris Stalingrad captures a particular political moment
Hind Meddeb's Paris Stalingrad questions the spectacle of authoritarian xenophobia. Establishing shots evoking News From Home locate us in Paris’ refugee …
The Stone Speakers raises questions about selective presentations of history
Brett Pardy reviews Igor Drljača’s documentary The Stone Speakers, which questions what selective presentations of history for tourist consumption mean for the …
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Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts on their doc For Sama
Besieged in Aleppo, Waad Al-Kateab kept filming. From her incredible archive, she assembled with British director Edward Watts the breathtaking and harrowing …
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Hot Docs ’19: Conviction, Buddy, Willie, and more
Our capsule reviews highlight six of the standouts at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival: Conviction, Buddies, Willie, In My Blood It …
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