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Amy Tan: Unintended MemoirEssential Docs
In this intimate, newly-released portrait tracing her life and career, Amy Tan opens up with remarkable frankness about her painful past, and how writing has helped her heal.
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Bill Cunningham: New YorkEssential Docs
A chronicle of the elusive, eccentric photographer who documented the intersection of fashion and society for over 50 years.
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Fire at SeaEssential Docs
In this Academy Award finalist for Best Documentary, acclaimed director Gianfranco Rosi (Notturno) uses his skills of quiet observation to shine a unique perspective on the European refugee crisis.
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Food for the Rest of Us
As climate change forces us to rethink our relationship to the land that feeds us, meet inspiring young people across the continent leading a revolution to a better world, from the ground up!
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist is PresentEssential Docs
Occasioned by a retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, Marina Abramovic prepares for one of her most striking performances yet, in which she sits still in a gallery seated across from various spectators one by one, seven hours a day, six days a week.
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Tiny: A Story About Living SmallEssential Docs
Ever dream of trading in the hustle and bustle for something more… minimal? All over the world, people are happily downsizing their lives to move into houses smaller than the average parking spot.
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The Act of KillingEssential Docs
In this groundbreaking and chilling documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, the unrepentant former members of Indonesian death squads are challenged to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they love.
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The Devil's HornEssential Docs
Acclaimed filmmaker Larry Weinstein offers a fascinating look at this beloved and feared instrument alongside riveting tales of history’s greatest saxophone players.
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Celebrating Indigenous Stories: Illustrated WorkshopFree for Everyone
Join Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Consultant Fred Martin for this free illustrated lecture exploring and celebrating Indigenous storytelling traditions from across Turtle Island.
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The Many Sides of Tony: Laurie Woolever on Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Join Laurie Woolever, one of Bourdain’s most intimate confidantes, for a behind scenes look at the life and enduring legacy of the cultural tastemaker and her new book on his life, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography.
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Gimme Danger
Anthony Bourdain was more than just a celebrity chef, he was a true punk provocateur—and he found a kindred spirit in the godfather of the movement, Iggy Pop, profiled here in Jim Jarmusch's acclaimed portrait of The Stooges.
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Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer
?Though Anthony Bourdain travelled all over the world, no place stacked up quite like his native New York. And no artist has captured the energy and history of the city quite like Jamel Shabazz, a pioneer of hip hop and street photography.
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Vivienne Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
?Expressing the same raw, rebellious spirit that defined Anthony Bourdain, British designer Vivienne Westwood has gone from igniting the punk movement to redefining British fashion to becoming an outspoken activist. This doc brings you as close as possible to the fearless icon—although she's characteristically not always on her best behaviour.
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
A huge influence on generations of artists, including Bourdain, author William S. Burroughs blasted mainstream ideals and spawned countercultural movements. Never-before-seen footage and interviews with Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and more help break the surface of his brilliant and troubled world.
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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Experience the pivotal years that preceded artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s fame in this dazzling record of New York City's art world during the late ‘70s and 80s.
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Los Sures
A lost chapter in New York City’s history is resurrected in Diego Echeverria’s essential portrait of South Williamsburg, back when it was home to a poor, yet vibrant Latino community, now nearly erased by the impact of gentrification.
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The New York School
American art came of age thanks to a band of Abstract Expressionists known as the New York School. This rare 1972 doc provides a retrospective overview of the movement, featuring interviews with major artists of the time including Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.
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Wild Style
Universally hailed as the first and “best film ever made about hip-hop” (Complex), this cult docu-musical captures the explosion of hip-hop culture in New York City before it became the global juggernaut it is today. Featuring Fab Five Freddy, the Rock Steady Crew, Grandmaster Flash and more.
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Contemporary ColorEssential Docs
Channeling the lightning in a bottle quality of Stop Making Sense, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne returned to the big screen for a one-of-a-kind concert-film experience inspired by the art of “colour guard”—perfectly synchronized students in pep-rally choreography—and featuring performances by Nelly Furtado, Ira Glass, St. Vincent and more.
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The Cool SchoolEssential Docs
Oscar-winning director Morgan Neville (Won’t You Be My Neighbour?) takes you back to the birth of Los Angeles’ modern art scene in the 1950s. Featuring narration by actor Jeff Bridges, a breezy jazz score, and interviews with Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Frank Gehry and more.
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Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect Essential Docs
Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. This engaging portrait provides full access to the Dutch visionary's process, philosophies and most revered accomplishments around the world, including the Seattle Library and the Casa da Musica concert hall in Porto.
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12 O'Clock BoysEssential Docs
The most thrilling trip into Baltimore since The Wire, this festival darling follows 13 year-old Pug as he pursues his dream of joining the 12 O’Clock Boys, a notorious gang of renegade dirt bikers.
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Billy the KidEssential Docs
Jennifer Venditti's groundbreaking coming-of-age film tells the story of Billy, a precocious but isolated fifteen-year-old boy trying to figure out life and death, love, and rock and roll in his small-town of Maine.
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Shut Up and Play the HitsEssential Docs
Pay tribute to iconic New York indie-rock group LCD Sound System as they perform their final blowout show at Madison Square Garden. The preshow anticipation, massive concert and humbling moments afterwards are infused with a candid interview with pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman.
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Stations of the ElevatedEssential Docs
A street poem, a city symphony, “the first ever filmed document of graffiti”—Manfred Kircheimer’s cult classic takes you across 1970s New York at the height of the decade’s street art movement to a boppin’ jazz soundtrack by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin.
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Anna Sale and Aminatou Sow on Talking About Hard ThingsLive Event Rebroadcast
Loved by millions of listeners worldwide for her award-winning and life-affirming WNYC podcast Death, Sex, & Money, Anna Sale discusses her new book—and the difficult subjects most of us are too scared to bring up—with Aminatou Sow, the host of Call Your Girlfriend and writer of the NYT bestseller Big Friendship.
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Adventures in France: Bill Buford on the Joys of French CuisineLive Event Rebroadcast
Bestselling food writer Bill Buford offers the inside dish on the art of French cooking and cuisine, and the valuable lessons he learned in writing Dirt, his anticipated follow-up to the bestselling classic, Heat.
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A Living Legacy: MSNBC’s Eddie Glaude on James BaldwinLive Event Rebroadcast
Join Princeton historian and MSNBC commentator Eddie Glaude for a timely look at the legacy of the late great public thinker James Baldwin—and how his life and work can serve as a powerful guide for our moment of social change.
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Live Exclusive: Salman Rushdie on the Languages of TruthLive Event Rebroadcast
Join us for an evening of mind-expanding conversation with the Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie whose latest collection of non-fiction, Languages of Truth, solidifies his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time.
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André Picard, Katie Engelhart and Paul Wells on Aging with DignityLive Event Rebroadcast
It took the pandemic to open our eyes to society’s systemic neglect of our elders. Is it time to reimagine the systems that support them? In conversation with Maclean's’ Paul Wells, The Globe and Mail’s André Picard and veteran journalist Katie Engelhart will help us reassess how we approach life’s final chapters, drawing from their important new books, Neglected No More and The Inevitable.
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After the Fall: Obama Adviser Ben Rhodes on The Future of DemocracyLive Event Rebroadcast
Why is democracy so threatened in America and around the world? And what can we do about it? Help find the answer with former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes who’s recently released new book, After The Fall, draws inspiration from the politicians, activists and dissidents fighting for a more just and democratic world.
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What's Next for America? The New Yorker's Evan Osnos on Joe BidenLive Event Rebroadcast
As President Biden enters his first term in office, join The New Yorker's Evan Osnos for a timely look at the man and his moment in history, as outlined in his anticipated new biography, Joe Biden.
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Walter Isaacson on The Future of GeneticsLive Event Rebroadcast
The bestselling biographer behind Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs joins Anna Maria Tremonti to discuss his latest book, The Code Breaker, a gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna launched a revolution with the invention of CRISPR, the groundbreaking gene editing tool.
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IrisBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
In one his of his final films, legendary documentarian Albert Maysles profiles Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven whose soaring free spirit reminds us that dressing, and indeed life, is nothing but an experiment.
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Blue Note Records: Behind the NotesBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
Go behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the most ground-breaking jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries
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MountainBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
Travel the globe and visit some of the most breathtaking peaks in the world in this awe-inspiring exploration of our human fascination with mountains, scored by the renowned Australian Chamber Orchestra and narrated by Willem Dafoe.
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GoldaBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
Through rare archives and an intimate television interview, peel away the complexities of the historic, yet turbulent, premiership of Golda Meir, the first and only woman to ever rule Israel.
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Herman's HouseBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
What kind of house does a man who has been kept in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell for over 30 years dream of? This award-winning doc captures the remarkable creative journey and friendship of wrongly imprisoned former Black Panther Herman Wallace and artist Jackie Sumell while examining the injustice of prolonged solitary confinement.
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League of Exotique DancersBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
A dazzling cast of vintage burlesque dancers share candid and sometimes outrageous stories about their lives on stage and off in the heyday of the art, as they prepare for a rare performance for the Legends of Burlesque Hall of Fame weekend.
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Invisible Essence: The Litttle PrinceBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
Acclaimed Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer explores the legacy of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. By weaving together the author's extraordinary life story with fascinating discussions on the book, Officer gets at the heart of what has made this best-selling classic so special.
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Advanced StyleBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
This affirming doc examines the lives of seven unique New Yorkers whose eclectic personal style and vital spirit have guided their approach to aging.
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ChavelaBest of Hot Docs Cinema Collection
Legendary chanteuse and out lesbian Chavela Vargas revolutionized music in Mexico and challenged the stereotypical macho and hetero cultural norms of the times. Chavela beautifully captures her fearless life, powerful music and passionate love affairs, including her romance with Frida Kahlo.
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