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Alex Heeney / May 10, 2022

Navalny film: Investigating your own murder on film is bizarre

Daniel Roher's documentary Navalny is an entertaining and thrilling film about the Russian politician who challenged Putin and paid the price. The film Navalny …

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A still from Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy next to a headshot of director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. The text on the image reads, 'Interview'.

Orla Smith / May 14, 2021

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers on her vital new documentary

Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy chronicles the opioid crisis facing the people of the Kainai First Nation and how "harm reduction" practices can save …

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A collage of stills from HotDocs 2021 films.

Orla Smith / May 7, 2021

HotDocs 2021 highlights, from Indigenous stories to animated histories

Seventh Row's editors pick the must see films of HotDocs 2021, from Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning Of Empathy to Archipelago. Read all our HotDocs 2021 …

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Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

HotDocs Review: Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America

In the documentary Who We Are: Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson guides us through the history of racism in America …

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Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

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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Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

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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