Burlesque icon Tempest Storm stripped down to her inner core in Nimishia Mukerji’s eponymous documentary, opening June 17 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto!
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Director Susan Gluth discusses her HotDocs film Urmila: My Memory is My Power
Susan Gluth discusses her documentary Urmila: My Memory is My Power, which focuses on Nepalese teenage activist Urmila and her pursuit to make it illegal to use young girls as kamalaris — indentured servants to wealthy families — in Nepal.
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HotDocs Review: League of Exotique Dancers celebrates burlesque stars of the past
Director Rama Rau’s League of Exotique Dancers follows several subjects who have been asked to perform at a special Burlesque Hall of Fame show in Las Vegas. The film screens at the Bloor HotDocs cinema on May 29, May 30, and June 2. [Read more…] about HotDocs Review: League of Exotique Dancers celebrates burlesque stars of the past
HotDocs Interview: Director Catalina Mesa talks The Infinite Flight of Days
Catalina Mesa, the first solo female filmmaker from Colombia at HotDocs, discusses her directorial debut, The Infinite Flight of Days. The film is a charming, energetic, and hilarious documentary about the lives of women in Jerico, a small town in Colombia. Read more HotDocs coverage. Discover our book about modern documentary masters.
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Mid-week at HotDocs: The Legacy of Frida Kahlo isn’t really about Kahlo
Tadasuke Kotani’s The Legacy of Frida Kahlo is a pedestrian documentary about Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi’s visit to the Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico.
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HotDocs 2016: Conversations with the creative team behind essential doc Check It
We talk to Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer, the directors of Check It , a new documentary that follows several members of the inspiring gay and transgender teen gang Check It through their struggles on the harsh streets of Washington, D.C. Check It members Moe and Tray also weigh in.
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