Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy chronicles the opioid crisis facing the people of the Kainai First Nation and how “harm reduction” practices can save them.
Documentary
Visions du Réel 2021 spotlights nonfiction films pushing the form forward
The 2021 Visions du Réel film festival featured boundary-pushing nonfiction films, with highlights including Sheltered and Les Guérisseurs.
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
Ep. 91: AIDS on screen, featuring It’s a Sin
On this episode, we have a wide-ranging conversation about the history of AIDS on film, inspired by the recent TV miniseries, It’s a Sin.
Visions du Réel Review: Captains of Za’atari
Ali El-Arabi’s Captains of Za’atari is a story of friendship and soccer between two Syrian refugees in Jordan.
Tomasz Wolski’s documentary 1970 mixes animation and archival
In his new documentary, 1970, Tomasz Wolski uses stop-motion animation and archival footage to illuminate telephone conversations between top communist officials during a crucial historical event.