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Mural depicting Pauli Murray. Image credit: abbyladybug/Flickr
'Who is Pauli Murray?' honours life of civil rights icon
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan | The pioneering African-American legal scholar and organizer for racial and gender equality was celebrated this week at the annual Sundance Film Festival with the premier of a new documentary.
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Image: StoryScope Productions and Richard Poplak and Dianne Neille. Used with permission.
New film 'Influence' looks at the politicization of modern media
David Peck | Directors Richard Poplak and Dianne Neille talk about the film and the public relations agent who helped launch Margaret Thatcher's political career.
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Award-winning doc director Barbara Kopple on learning from the past
David Peck | "Harlan County USA" director talks about her newest film "Desert One," and what she's learned about her country after almost 50 years of documentary making.
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Alanis Obomsawin's 52nd film -- the fight for Indigenous health care
David Peck | Alanis Obomsawin, one of Canada's best known Indigenous documentary filmmakers, focuses on the inadequacies of Indigenous health care in her latest film through the stories of two children.
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Canadian director's film about a battle rapper from Ferguson is Oscar bound
David Peck | "St. Louis Superman" tells the tale of a battler rapper from Ferguson, Missouri, who becomes an inspiring leader despite many contradictions in his life and personality.
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Port of Chios, Greece. Image: Still from documentary. Used with permission.
'Trace' outlines the plight of refugees, rescuers and NGOs
June Chua | The documentary "Trace," directed by Raluca Bejan and Ioan Cocan, bears witness to the awful and strange triad that occurs between refugees, rescuers and NGOs.
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'Gaza' -- new film explores life in 'the world's largest open air prison'
'Gaza' -- new film explores life in 'the world's largest open air prison'
Face2Face | Garry Keane, Andrew McConnell and host David Peck talk about their new film "Gaza" -- covering grace and humour, surfing, ordinary people and one-dimensional views of complex problems.
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Willie O'Ree. Photo courtesy of film "Willie"
Stieg Larsson, 'patient zero,' and hockey hero Willie O'Ree converge at Hot Docs
June Chua | Three unique and influential individuals in three very different arenas of life come together at this year's Hot Docs documentary festival in Toronto.
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Aaron James, whose book "Assholes: A Theory" inspired John Walker's documentary
John Walker's new documentary brings assholes to life
Doreen Nicoll | Inspired by Aaron James's book of the same name, "Assholes: A Theory" explores the origins of a social type that seems to be taking over the world.
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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Leilani Farha, in New York. Photo: Janice d'Avila/Courtesy of Push film
'Push' unpacks the core culprit behind global housing crisis
June Chua | A new documentary crisscrosses the globe with UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Leilani Farha to explore the forces driving the global housing crisis.
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Major Monique Brown of the Baltimore Police Force
Major Monique Brown on the tensions between the Baltimore Police Force and the community
Gilad Cohen, Simona Ramkisson, Brandon Fragomeni, Alex Castellani, Ron Ma | African-American police officer Major Monique Brown discusses the documentary "Charm City," growing up in the community she serves, and her first time trying poutine.
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Film 'What Walaa Wants' follows Palestinian teen as she trains to become policewoman
June Chua | A new documentary by Canadian director Christy Garland chronicles the many pressures and political internalizations of a young woman living in the West Bank.