Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the best films from so-called Canada to premiere this fall, including Bootlegger, Albedo, and Portraits from a Fire.
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On colonialism: Wochiigii lo, Returning Home and Coextinction
Three documentaries directed by women — Wochiigii lo, Returning Home, and Coextinction —draw connections between environmental destruction, species extinction, and colonialism.
TIFF Review: Alanis Obomsawin’s Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Alanis Obomsawin’s new short film, Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair, is a powerful presentation preserved on film.
Devery Jacobs: ‘I had never seen it be done until I started doing it’
Actress-director-writer-producer Devery Jacobs discusses her career-long love of storytelling, from Rhymes for Young Ghouls to Reservation Dogs.
The fifty best documentaries of the 21st century
Seventh Row’s editors pick the best documentaries of the 21st century, from Pina to The Look of Silence to Grizzly Man.
Essential Indigenous films from the territories known as Canada
Here is Seventh Row’s guide to essential stories about Indigenous Peoples told by Indigenous people, all from the territories known as Canada.