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Art Threat: St-Henri, the 26th of August – Documentary offers a cinematic look at a vibrant Montreal neighbourhood
Shannon Walsh’s feature documentary À St-Henri le 26 août (known in English as St-Henri, the 26th of August) takes the viewer on a visceral and honest journey through the bilingual, working-class neighbourhood St-Henri in Montreal. The film follows a day in the life of about a dozen diverse residents as they navigate the neighbourhood, each […]
Continue readingArt Threat: Help make this documentary! – Friday Film Pick: The Secret Trial 5
A new crowdfunded documentary looks at Canada’s security certificates and asks you to get involved.
Continue readingArt Threat: Looking back at Toronto’s G20 – Friday Film Pick: Into the Fire
Finally, a decent analysis of one of Canada’s darkest days – last summer’s G20 protests and police repression explored in Into the Fire.
Continue readingArt Threat: Courage, candour and inspiration – A review of The Interrupters
The new Steve James documentary is courageous and beautiful social cinema.
Continue readingArt Threat: The sordid tale of the Trump golf course – A Review of You’ve Been Trumped
A new documentary takes aim at Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course adventure.
Continue readingArt Threat: Berlusconi assassinated – A review of Draquila – Italy Trembles
Berlusconi is properly skewered in a new investigative doc from Italy.
Continue readingArt Threat: A voice of African resistance and exile – Review of Mama Africa
An new doc on Miriam Makeba shakes with revolution.
Continue readingArt Threat: History reloaded and remixed – A review of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Remixing the revolution: new doc resurrects archival footage of the Black Power movement.
Continue readingArt Threat: Ad nauseam – Morgan Spurlock cashes in on commercialism
Morgan Spurlock’s newest documentary just doesn’t ad up.
Continue readingArt Threat: IDFA offers online films on “Arab Spring” – Docs on Middle East commemorate pro-democracy movement
Docs on the Middle East online for the first time.
Continue readingArt Threat: Unsettling the Israeli settlers – An interview with Israel vs. Israel’s director Terje Carlsson
Terje Carlsson, director of Israel vs. Israel, on the fanaticism of Israeli settlers.
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Do your kids watch CSI ??? Do you?? The truth about "death in american soil"
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Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Do your kids watch CSI ??? Do you?? The truth about "death in american soil"
At:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/post-mortem/
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: Do your kids watch CSI ??? Do you?? The truth about "death in american soil"
VISIT POST MORTEM IN AMERICA at: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/post-mortem/
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