Tag Archives: documentary

September 23

TIFF 2022 – The Return of Tanya Tucker

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After Tanya Tucker disappeared from the spotlight for decades, music star Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings (son of Waylon Jennings) took it upon herself to write an entire album for their hero based on Tanya’s extraordinary life, starting a comeback and a tour to resurrect her career. THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER follows Tanya’s interesting, […]

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September 22

TIFF 2022 – Moonage Daydream, a Tribute to David Bowie

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Director Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream is his new film tribute to David Bowie. The filmmaker was granted unprecedented access to Bowie’s personal archives, combing through roughly millions of video footage, photography, and visual art that Bowie created over the years—and piecing them into a fragmented narrative. It took years to film this unconventional documentary. The […]

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September 21

TIFF 2022 – While We Watched

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The film by Vinay Shukla is a powerful and new must see: WHILE WE WATCHED, shows a sense of hope in a uncertain time for journalists and media. WHILE WE WATCHED is documentary about broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar of India’s NDTV, and a newsroom drama that showcases what it’s like being an Indian TV personnel, with the film […]

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September 19

TIFF 2022 – Louis Armstrong: Black & Blues

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Drawing on Louis Armstrong’s audio diaries, documentarian Sacha Jenkins (Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men) revisits the music and reappraises the politics of the legendary jazz trumpeter and singer. Louis Armstrong had kept recorded audio diaries of himself that reveal a different side of his personality than the showman on camera. Those tapes play a […]

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September 19

TIFF 2022 – Maya and the Waves

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In Maya and the Wave, we follow Maya Gabeira on a quest to break a world surfing record in the Portuguese town of Nazaré, known for its amazing waves. The film delivers a breathtaking visual experience of majestic waves, beautiful countries and the art of surfing. A two thumbs up to the videographer. Filmmaker Stephanie Johnes […]

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September 19

TIFF 2022 Beauty and the Bloodshed-

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Filmmaker Laura Poitras chronicles the life and work of famed artist Nan Goldin, including her protests against the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin. The majority of people who’ve been affected directly or indecently by drug addiction is a long and troubling history. Beauty and the Bloodshed is a documentary film […]

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November 20

AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND ARTIST LUCY LIU BOARDS ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS: “UNZIPPED: AN AUTOPSY OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY” WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY COLIN K. GRAY

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AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND ARTIST LUCY LIU  BOARDS ACCLAIMED DOCUMENTARY ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS:   “UNZIPPED: AN AUTOPSY OF AMERICAN INEQUALITY”  WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY COLIN K. GRAY LIU JOINS AS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WITH A UNIQUE AND DIVERSE PRODUCTION  TEAM, MUSICIANS, AND MORE FOR THIS IMPACTFUL AND MOVING FILM  INCLUDING HIP-HOP GROUP RUN […]

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April 09

Wild Pacific Rescue….is a new 3 x 60 minute TV documentary series filmed in Vancouver and on British Columbia’s beautiful Pacific Coast.

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Wild Pacific Rescue ….is a new 3 x 60 minute TV documentary series filmed in Vancouver and on British Columbia’s beautiful Pacific Coast. The series is directed by Mike Sheehan, produced by Andrew Munger & is a production of Peter Raymont’s White Pine Pictures in Toronto.  Wild Pacific Rescue will have its world broadcast premiere Wednesday, April 14 […]

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May 05

A Woman’s Work @ Fox Theatre (Sat. May 4th, 2019)

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The NFL in the past has denied a correlation between concussions and blows to the heads of football players. They’ve also insisted that there was no problem with equal pay for NFL cheerleaders. But, the NFL has a problem with equal pay. Director Yu Gu created A Woman’s Work, she set out to prove that […]

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April 30

MYSTIFY, Michael Hutchence Documentary @ Hot Docs Cinemas (Apr. 28, 2019)

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Australian band INXS were super popular in the 1980s ,90s and all the way up to today! INXS singer Michael Hutchence had very tragically committed suicide in 1997, at the age of 37. Through a collection of interviews with family, band members, friends and personal footage, Mystify, opening on April 28th at Hot Docs Cinema, […]

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September 15

TIFF Movie Debut: Jhalki

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A film about bonded child labour will soon be making waves when it is released early next year. The first look launch of Jhalki, a moving tale about lost Childhood, was held in downtown Toronto in the midst of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), by its producers along with a flurry of film professionals, […]

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September 09

Tony Clifton comes to TIFF, Sep. 8-12 2017 to support Jim Carrey Documentary, Announce New Broadway Show

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In a surprise development, comedian TONY CLIFTON is making the trek to Toronto next week to support his appearance in the highly anticipated TIFF documentary “Jim & Andy & Tony Clifton: The Great Beyond.” The Film, directed by Chris Smith, produced by Spike Jonze and featuring Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman, makes its debut at […]

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