Category Archives: Hot Docs

Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival

The Cross and Bones

The Cross and Bones (Canada, 2005, Director: Paul Carrière, 69 minutes): Drumheller is a town in the Alberta Badlands where a lot of dinosaur bones are buried. It’s also the site of an annual Passion Play put on by area … Continue reading

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The Education of Shelby Knox

The Education of Shelby Knox (USA, 2005, Directors: Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, 76 minutes): This film follows the life of 15-year-old Shelby Knox, a teen living in conservative Lubbock, Texas. Though from a conservative Christian Republican family, Shelby is … Continue reading

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Hot Docs 2005

It’s that time of year again. So, even though I’m crazy busy at work, I’ve got tickets to 11 documentaries showing at this year’s Hot Docs documentary film festival. Here’s what I’ll be seeing: The Education of Shelby Knox The … Continue reading

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Hot Docs Wednesday

Cowboys in Kosovo (Netherlands, Director: Corinne van Egeraat) — The director’s Albanian friend from Kosovo had fled to Amsterdam when the war broke out, but his brothers and cousins stayed, and now, years later, she returns with him to act … Continue reading

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Hot Docs Tuesday

Story of a Beautiful Country (South Africa/Canada, Director: Khalo Matabane) — This was a disappointment. Billed as a road movie through the new South Africa (and today marks ten years since the first democratic multiracial elections in the country), it … Continue reading

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