An experimental documentary with a distinctly lived in feeling, Terra Long’s Feet in Water, Head on Fire uses a peculiar visual sensibility to entrance, educate, and provoke thought.
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker
Andrew Parker fell in love with film growing up across the street from a movie theatre. He began writing professionally about film at the age of fourteen, and has been following his passions ever since. His writing has been showcased at various online outlets, as well as in The Globe and Mail, BeatRoute, and NOW Magazine. If he's not watching something or reading something, he's probably sleeping.
I’m Just Here for the Riot, a typically great ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, directed by Kathleen Jayme and Asia Youngman, looks at one of the most regrettable, but possibly …
A documentary that would either benefit from a grander scope or further editing, Davide Rizzo and Marzia Toscano’s After the Bridge takes a sorrowful and appropriately heavy look at tragedy …
Messy, but well intentioned, the documentary Food and Country makes some great points about the continued devaluation of farmers, restaurants, and overall nutrition, but the package as a whole leaves …
The Stroll is an astute, wide ranging, and comprehensive oral history of a place and time in New York City that suffered great stigmatization and hardship, but also one that …
Accomplished documentary filmmaker Penny Lane turns the camera on herself for the funny and emotionally charged Confessions of Good Samaritan, a look at her attempts to give back to the …
Lagueria Davis takes an informative and personal deep dive into the creation of a groundbreaking, but often overlooked children’s toy in Black Barbie: A Documentary.
Rowdy Girl is an observational animal advocacy documentary that carries a pleasantly zen-like tone and softness to go alongside its impassioned message.
Director Zack Russell’s documentary Someone Lives Here chronicles the advocacy and struggles of one person striving to help serve Toronto’s growing and underserved homeless community.
Mstyslav Chernov’s documentary 20 Days in Mariupol is a work of unflinching tragedy and heart pounding intensity, filled with graphic images that won’t soon be lost on anyone who sees …