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Monthly Archives: April 2004
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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Tagged #hotdocs04, kosovo, russia
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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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Tagged #hotdocs04, iraq, southafrica
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Hot Docs Monday
Vietnam: Ghosts of War (Canada, Director: Micheael Maclear) — Michael Maclear is an institution in Canadian broadcasting. Not only was he the first Western journalist to report from North Vietnam during the war (even witnessing Ho Chi Minh’s funeral), he … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs04, vietnam
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Hot Docs 2004
Hot Docs is a documentary film festival here in Toronto now in its 11th year. This year, I finally decided to see some films. It’s a huge contrast to the massive, glitzy, and celebrity-obsessed Toronto International Film Festival that I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs04, argentina, globalization
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