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Category Archives: Documentaries
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (Directors: Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg): Joan Rivers is the type of subject you’d expect Nick Broomfield (Biggie and Tupac, Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam) to take on instead of Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Film Festivals, Hot Docs
Tagged #hotdocs10, celebrity, comedy, joan rivers, plastic surgery
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And Everything Is Going Fine
And Everything Is Going Fine (Director: Steven Soderbergh): The late Spalding Gray was a gifted storyteller who became famous for his theatrical monologues. In 1996, Steven Soderbergh directed Gray’s Anatomy which featured Spalding Gray in a hilarious 80-minute film monologue. … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Film Festivals, Hot Docs
Tagged #hotdocs10, mental_illness, monologue, suicide
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Waste Land
Waste Land (Director: Lucy Walker): Last summer in Toronto we had a garbage strike, and after a few weeks garbage began being piled up in outdoor skating rinks and other city property. Suddenly our trash wasn’t something we could throw … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Film Festivals, Hot Docs
Tagged #hotdocs10, art, environment, poverty
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The Oath
The Oath (Director: Laura Poitras): Poitras’ follow-up to the Oscar-nominated My Country, My Country, The Oath is one of the most penetrating portraits of Islamic fundamentalism I’ve ever seen. It’s a story of two young men, one idealistic and the … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs10, afghanistan, guantanamo, islam, terrorism, yemen
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Gasland
Gasland (Director: Josh Fox): When director Josh Fox receives a letter from a gas company offering him $100,000 to drill on his property, he’s sorely tempted. Until he starts hearing stories about combustible tap water and unexplained health problems from … Continue reading