Filmmaker Jennifer Deschamps’ focused and impressionable Inside Lehman Brothers looks at the collapse of one of America’s most prominent lending firms from the viewpoints of men and women who dared …
Hot Docs 2019
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Prolific and constantly evolving Canadian indie film mainstay Ingrid Veninger (Porcupine Lake, The Animal Project) tries her hand at documentary filmmaking for the first time with The World or Nothing, …
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Filmmaker Rama Rau delivers her second exceptional film in as many months (following the recent completion of her fictional filmmaking debut, Honey Bee) with The Daughter Tree, an eye opening …
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Born in Evin, Iranian-German director Maryam Zaree’s deep dive into her family’s unspoken past is a detailed and empathetic look at why parents choose to keep secrets from their children …
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If the intense and thoroughly captivating documentary Last Breath doesn’t leave viewers with quickened pulses and goosebumps, they might want to consult their physicians.
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Sara Dosa’s documentary The Seer and the Unseen sounds like it has a quirky, somewhat outlandish premise, but it’s actually a resoundingly empathetic film that looks at Iceland’s ongoing economic …
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A powerful and moving elegy to the vanishing emotional bond and shared respect between humans and wild animals, director David Hambridge’s Kifaru might be the saddest and one of the …
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If nothing else, Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts is refreshing in its blunt force honesty.
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A detailed oriented and appropriately gorgeous sit-down with controversial Scottish painter Peter Howson, director Charlie Paul’s Prophecy offers insight into the process and mind of an artist known for his …
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A well intentioned, but somewhat lacking microcosmic examination into Chinese influence in Africa, filmmaker Nicole Schafer’s documentary Buddha in Africa follows an interesting subject caught between two cultures, but sometimes …