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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.
[Read more…] about Mid-week at HotDocs: The Legacy of Frida Kahlo isn’t really about Kahlo
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.
[Read more…] about HotDocs 2016: Conversations with the creative team behind essential doc Check It
In the new documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing celebrate the life of Norman Lear. Though they is herald him as the saviour of television, the film lacks deeper analysis.