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It might seem like documentaries are everywhere we look, affecting and influencing how we perceive society and the world at large. But even as audiences clamour for true stories on their screens, the documentarians making them and festivals that feature them are sounding alarm bells about the future of the format.
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Despite a strong appetite for homegrown feature-length documentary cinema, the number of films created each year has declined as the genre has favoured small-screen series
The Documentary Organization of Canada's Get Real report warn that local TV networks are backing more documentary series that look like reality TV series.
Ridley Scott's Napoleon film stars Joaquin Phoenix
Out of $2 million in funding over 7 years, less than $35,000 went to racialized film producers. Indigenous-led production firms got nothing.