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The documentary film Spirit To Soar follows journalist Tanya Talaga as she connects with her roots in Thunder Bay while exploring the aftermath of the deaths of seven Indigenous youth.

04/06/2021 - Lucia Kašová's first feature-length documentary tells the story of an extraordinary person who lived his life on his own terms, and ended up alone and lonely

With one location of the Rehearsal Factory closing, rumours are swirling about the others – including a potential sale to C3 Church Toronto.

Everything new to VOD and streaming for the weekend of May 28, including Cruella, French Exit and This Is Not A Burial, It's A Resurrection

TV pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews three new movies this week: Cruella, Moby Doc and Blue Miracle.

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6 Certain images in Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street are sure to ping with anyone who was raised with Big Bird and friends.. For myself, seeing the animated typewriter that could type on itself practically left me unmoored from time and space. I grew up with Sesame Street and these characters, and now theres a part of my foundation made up of Kermit the Frog, in full correspondent mode, interviewing a surprisingly toothy Humpty Dumpty. Thats the appeal of this film and its clear spir...

Victorias Sean Horleor, left, and his partner, Steve J. Adams, wrote and directed Someone Like Me, which recently won the audience award for Canadian feature documentary at Torontos Hot Docs film festival. It is available for streaming until May 16 through Vancouver Doxa festival (doxafestival.ca). Photo: Grady Mitchell Victoria-bred filmmaker Sean Horlor has Donald Trump to thank (or is it blame?) for his recent success at the largest documentary film festival in North America. Someone Like...

12/05/2021 - In her documentary, Michal Weits delves into the life of her great-grandfather Joseph, the man who orchestrated the acquisition and expropriation of Palestinian land

“We've stood together through so much,” says Lisa Jackson in an emotional speech honouring the Indigenous film community