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Chances are, if there’s a Hot Docs film about women taking action — be they trailblazers, activists, performers, politicians, athletes… or anything in between, really — it’ll likely wind up on my to-see list. In addition to the astoundingly great Black Box Diaries (which I included in my must-see...
In The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine, director Alfredo Pourailly De La Plaza profiles a Chilean son determined to help make precious-metal-mining work — and life — easier for his aging father. We posed our Qs à la mode to Alfredo, and here’s what he shared! If I had...
Co-directors Lucas Guilkey and JoeBill Muñoz chronicle the hunger-strike efforts undertaken by California prison inmates to protest solitary-confinement practices in the state in The Strike. We posed our Qs à la mode to Luca and JoeBill, and here’s what they shared! If we had to describe our film...
In The Ride Ahead, co-director and protagonist Samuel Habib expands on his award-winning short film, My Disability Roadmap, to continue his exploration of what it means to live as an adult with a disability. We posed our Qs à la mode to Samuel, and here’s what he shared! ...
In Rouge, director Hamoody Jaafar traces the decades-long basketball dynasty at Michigan’s River Rouge High School as a new generation of players shoots for a championship win. We posed our Qs à la mode to Hamoody, and here’s what he shared! If I had to describe my...
In Curl Power, director Josephine Anderson follows the 4KGIRL$, five teenaged best friends in British Columbia in pursuit of a junior curling championship title. We posed our Qs à la mode to Josephine, and here’s what she shared! If I had to describe my film using only three...
In 7 Beats per Minute, director Yuqi Kang profiles free diver Jessea Yu, but finds the boundaries between filmmaker and subject begin to blur. We posed our Qs à la mode to Yuqi, and here’s what she shared! If I had to describe my film using only three...
Co-directors Michael Mabbott and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee craft a loving tribute to the life, career and legacy of a trailblazing performer in their film Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. We posed our Qs à la mode to the directing duo, and here’s what they shared! If we...
There’s no shortage of fabulous docs to check out at the fest this year. I’ve already posted about the first eight must-sees, and here are eight more I think belong on every Hot Docs festgoer’s to-see list! Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (7/8)The term “trailblazer” doesn’t...
In Singing Back the Buffalo, director Tasha Hubbard explores the significance of buffalo in Indigenous culture and history, and chronicles the efforts to rematriate, repopulate and restore buffalo herds in Canada and the U.S. We posed our Qs à la mode to Tasha, and here’s what she shared! ...
In The Here Now Project, co-directors Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel assemble dozens and dozens of videos shot by ordinary people, documenting the devastating effects of climate change as they occur. We posed our Qs à la mode to Greg and Jon, and here’s what they shared! If we...
Co-directors Aeyliya Husain and Amie Williams chronicle the experiences of four Afghan women, who flee their home country to start new lives in Canada, in An Unfinished Journey. We posed our Qs à la mode to Aeyliya and Amie, and here’s what they shared! If I had to describe...
