Whatever It Takes is the ideal true crime documentary.
A full list of The GATE’s reviews from this year’s 31st annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, happening in Toronto from April 25th to May 3rd.
With her directorial debut, Never Look Away, Lucy Lawless profiles the career and struggles of former CNN camerawoman Margaret Moth to dazzling, heart-stopping effect.
Jennifer McArthur’s Family Tree is a fresh story told from a black perspective rarely glimpsed in ecologically minded documentaries.
The relationship between a documentary filmmaker and their subject comes under close and decidedly emotional scrutiny in 7 Beats Per Minute, Yuqi Kang’s profile of champion free-diver Jessica Lu.
Grand Theft Hamlet stands as proof that sometimes even the worst and most impossible of concepts can still provide a wealth of creative freedom, fulfilment, and ingenuity.
Born Hungry, a documentary about restauranteur Sash Simpson, is resoundingly successful at making the viewer realize anything is possible when talent is cultivated, nurtured, and supported in the right way.