The 2020 Festival du Nouveau Cinema showcased classics, like Les Ordres, and the latest in world cinema, from Undine to Caught in the Net.
Documentary
I Am Greta is part of the problem it portrays
Nathan Grossman’s I Am Greta about teen climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the story of the girl behind the figurehead but fails to take an interest in what matters most to her.
Cheryl Foggo reclaims Black Canadian history in John Ware Reclaimed
Director Cheryl Foggo on how telling the real story of John Ware in John Ware Reclaimed can help us understand the Black Canadian experience today and Canada’s history of racism. The film is currently screening virtually at the AGH Film Festival in Ontario until October 25. It’s one of Canada’s best kept secrets that there’s […]
‘The system is so entangled in daily life’: Garrett Bradley on Time
Garrett Bradley discusses her new documentary, Time, a non-linear document of one woman’s emotional landscape over the 20 years of her husband’s incarceration.
‘This film is a cemetery’: Kirsten Johnson on Dick Johnson is Dead
Kirsten Johnson discusses Dick Johnson is Dead, her surreal documentary about her father’s dementia, and how it made her think differently about life and death.
Merawi Gerima’s Residue is an ‘archive of a community’ facing gentrification
Merawi Gerima’s directorial debut Residue, which ARRAY Now released on Netflix last Friday, is an impassioned ode to a rapidly gentrifying Washington D.C..