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Tag Archives: Hot Docs
Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire’s Edge
Battleground: 21 Days on the Empire’s Edge (Canada/USA, 2004, Director: Stephen Marshall, 84 minutes): Most of the documentaries produced about the Iraq war (and also, for that matter, the Vietnam War) have really been about ourselves. Our motives, our politics, … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs05, Documentaries, Hot Docs, iraq
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A Decent Factory
A Decent Factory (Finland/France, 2004, Director: Thomas Balmès, 79 minutes): In this documentary, Finnish cellphone giant Nokia sends its recently hired Ethics and Environmental Specialist to China to audit one of its suppliers’ factories. But instead of a manifesto on … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs05, china, Documentaries, finland, globalization, Hot Docs
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Beneath the Stars
Beneath the Stars (Sweden/South Africa, 2004, Directors: Titti Johnson and Helgi Felixson, 105 minutes): The film follows Frieda Darvel, one of Cape Town’s many street kids, as she pursues her dream of leaving the streets for a singing career. At … Continue reading
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Tagged #hotdocs05, Documentaries, Hot Docs, music, southafrica, sweden
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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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Tagged #hotdocs05, adolescence, christianity, Documentaries, homosexuality, Hot Docs, Ironweed, sexuality
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