Tag Archives: #hotdocs07

Toronto Screen Shots on Livebait.tv

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Jay Kerr

Click To Play Hot Docs has come and gone for another year. Having missed most of my films, I wanted to get an overview of the festival to find out which films I need to see and which ones to … Continue reading →

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Echoes of Home (Heimatklänge)

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Brooke Smith

Echoes of Home (Heimatklänge) (Director: Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/Germany, 2007): You might think a documentary about yodeling — wait, yodeling? Yes, you read right — may induce yawning from an audience, but Echoes of Home proves the contrary. It investigates yodeling … Continue reading →

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Everything’s Cool

Posted on April 29, 2007 by James McNally

Everything’s Cool (Directors: Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand, USA, 2007): These directors scored a hit a few years ago with Blue Vinyl, about the harmful effects of PVCs. This time, they turn their attention to global warming, maintaining their … Continue reading →

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Circus School

Posted on April 29, 2007 by James McNally

Circus School (Directors: Dingding Ke and Jing Guo, China, 2006): The filmmakers take us on a harrowing journey inside the world of Chinese acrobats, and the pictures are not pretty. Trainers push children as young as 8 to repeat their … Continue reading →

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We Are Together (Thina Simunye)

Posted on April 27, 2007 by James McNally

We Are Together (Thina Simunye) (Director: Paul Taylor, UK, 2006): It would be pretty hard to make a bad film from such promising material, and I’m glad to say that director Paul Taylor has not made a bad film, though … Continue reading →

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