I went into I Love Boosters without seeing the trailer. I distinctly remember reading the synopsis telling myself, “Okay, I have enough information for what I’m about to see.” Reader, I did not. From writer/director Boots Riley, I Love Boosters is an ensemble comedy,...
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In Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild], the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation and Repatriation Alliance (MACPRA) works to have the remains of Indigenous Ancestors brought back to their respective tribes from museum storage sites. The...
Marjolein Busstra’s House of Hope lets us into a school in the West Bank run by Palestinian couple, Manar and Milad. The school, House of Hope, focuses on the wholistic care of the students in it, and places a special emphasis on peace. As the documentary progresses,...
Ugandan activist and poet, Stella Nyanzi, does not mince words. Her criticisms of President, Yoweri Museveni certainly put her in the spotlight, and even got her arrested by the government. In The Woman Who Poked The Leopard, Patience Nitumwesiga focuses on the woman...
From director, Giacomo Boeri, Stories For Sandro is a son’s masterful attempt at keeping his father’s memories after he receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. Boeri captures his father, Sandro’s stories in his own words, in his own voice, with his own narrative flair,...
I got to be a part of a special screening of The Tower That Built A City, a documentary about the CN Tower, that was screened inside the tower, which was pretty cool. Directed by Mark Myers, The Tower That Built A City takes us through the conception and construction...
Vegapolis is a look into adolescence- the uncertainty, the thrill, the figuring it out- all set in a skating rink, Vegapolis. Director, Micha Barban Dangerfield focuses on the teenagers that come to this skating rink, removing all authority figures, teachers, parents...
Jean-François Caissy’s Kindergarten takes us into a daycare centre, following babies and toddlers as they go about their day, which, you’ll see in the documentary, is very full. Kindergarten helps us see the world through these little ones’ eyes, but as opposed to the...
Rico King’s documentary, Nekai Walks, follows Nekai Foster, a 16-year-old who was a victim of a random shooting in the Jane and Finch area, on his journey of recovery. Shot in the head and leg, the chances of Nekai’s survival were slim, and the hopes that he would...