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Cinema

Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary

In this feature-length film on the art of the documentary, director Pepita Ferrari interviews 33 leading documentarians and shows clips from over 50 films. From cinéma-vérité pioneers like Albert Maysles …

Pepita Ferrari
2008 | 1 h 37 min
The Forbidden Reel

The Forbidden Reel

Driven to create amidst war and chaos, Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema. Driven to destroy, Taliban extremists set out to torch that legacy. Marvelling in the …

Ariel Nasr
2019 | 1 h 59 min
The Image Mill

The Image Mill

The Image Mill is an important archival record of a spectacular show put on by Robert Lepage and Ex Machina. The original work from 2008 is now part of our …

2011 | 50 min
The Image Mill Revealed

The Image Mill Revealed

This documentary describes the final 3 months leading up to the opening of Moulin à images, an impressionistic performance-event celebrating Quebec City's 400th anniversary. Director Robert Lepage works with a …

Mariano Franco & Marie Belzil
2009 | 51 min
Nollywood Babylon

Nollywood Babylon

A feature documentary on Nigeria’s successful movie industry. The creative duo of Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal – the same team who made Discordia – profile the Lagos-based dream machine. …

Ben Addelman & Samir Mallal
2008 | 1 h 13 min
Reel Injun

Reel Injun

In this feature-length documentary, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of North American Indigenous people throughout a century of cinema. Featuring hundreds of …

Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge & Jeremiah Hayes
2009 | 1 h 28 min