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A collage of images of the best documentaries of the 21st century, featuring text that reads: '50 documentaries'.

Seventh Row Editors / August 27, 2021

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.

Seventh Row Editors / July 2, 2021

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.

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 them.

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.

Alex Heeney / May 7, 2021

HotDocs Review: One of Ours explores identity under colonialism

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 and an Indigenous father — as he navigates his identity.

A mother and daughter stands side by side, arms around each others' shoulders, in Daughter of a Lost Bird.

Orla Smith / May 7, 2021

Daughter of a Lost Bird Review: An Indigenous woman reconnects with her birth mother

In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Brooke Swaney sensitively documents an Indigenous woman reconnecting with her birth mother and coming to terms with how colonial violence has shaped her life.

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