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Podcast

Jun 19, 2019

'Clean Hands' -- a film about family life and Central America

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Michael Dominic talks about the ethics of cinéma vérité filmmaking, different versions of truth, poverty and white western development, empathy, curiosity and why the little things matter.

In cahoots

Aug 17, 2018

Modified: A documentary about food, genetic engineering, and our right to know

Award-winning Canadian food blogger, filmmaker, and gardener, Aube Giroux, digs up the facts about GMOs.

Columnists

Apr 24, 2018

Anote's Ark: A documentary of biblical scope tackling climate change

June Chua

The remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati is drowning. A new documentary captures the ravages of extreme storms and sea-level rise that threaten the tiny country.

Columnists

Dec 11, 2017

My Father's Tools weaves story of ancestral Indigenous art

June Chua

My Father's Tools is a short documentary about an Indigenous craft that is dying out. Done in cinema vérité style, it begins with a man in the forest, searching for and then cutting down a tree.

Podcast

Jun 1, 2017

Kalina Bertin on her new film Manic, survivor guilt, family secrets and mental health

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Kalina Bertin and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film Manic, which chronicle's Bertin's struggle to understand the legacy of mental illness in her family.

Columnists

May 31, 2017

Film 'Forget Winnetou!' studies German idealization of Indigenous culture

June Chua

The film "Forget Winnetou!" uses the novels of Karl May, who published his first book about a character named Winnetou in 1870, to explore the German idealization of Indigenous peoples.

Podcast

May 10, 2017

Ryan Suffern on Finding Oscar, truth, empathy and optimistic realism

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Ryan Suffern and host David Peck talk about his new film Finding Oscar, truth, empathy and evidence, Guatemala, "real justice" and why he’s now an optimistic realist.

Podcast

Mar 1, 2017

Louis Theroux and John Dower on Scientology, religion, absurdity, skepticism and belief

face2face

Louis, John and host David Peck talk about their film, "My Scientology Movie," religion, the human condition, skepticism and belief.

Podcast

Feb 1, 2017

Robert Osborne talks about addiction, making choices and the fentanyl epidemic in Canada

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Robert and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new film "Unstoppable," addiction, making choices and the fentanyl epidemic in Canada.

Columnists

Dec 22, 2016

Palestinian filmmaker facing deportation from Norway after officials claim he is not a director

June Chua

Norwegian film organizations and unions have banded together in an international call for help in the case of a Palestinian filmmaker, Mohamed Jabaly, who could be deported Dec. 30.

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