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Notturno
Embark on a profound cinematic journey to the heart of the middle east in this Oscar-shortlisted contemplation on
| | Runtime: | 100 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Italy, France, Germany | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | Featured | | | Director(s): | Gianfranco Rosi | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Coup 53
10 years in the making, this gripping political thriller from Iranian director Taghi Amirani and legendary editor Walter Murch lifts the lid on Operation Ajax, the Anglo-American coup d’état that overthrew Iranian prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.
| | Runtime: | 120 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | USA, Iran | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | Featured | | | Director(s): | Taghi Amirani | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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'Til Kingdom Come
In this provocative look at strange political bedfellows, Israeli filmmaker Maya Zinshtein investigates the political alliance between American evangelicals and Israel, and their influence on US foreign policy during the Trump administration.
| | Runtime: | 102 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | UK, Israel, Norway | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Maya Zinshtein | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Exhibition on Screen: Raphael Revealed
Exhibition on Screen takes you to Rome for a 500th anniversary retrospective of Renaissance giant Raphael, providing an unprecedented look at the painter's skill, creativity and ingenuity.
| | Runtime: | 88 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | UK | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | For Art Lovers | | | Director(s): | Phil Grabsky | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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For Viola: No Visible TraumaFree for Everyone
Despite low crime rates, Calgary has more officer-involved shootings than any city in Canada. Told through the intertwining stories of three such incidents, this searing exposé fixes a sharp lens on the city’s police department, opening our eyes to the devastating consequences of police violence in our own backyard.
| | Runtime: | 98 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | Featured | | | Director(s): | Marc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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A Glitch in the Matrix
What if we are living in a simulation, and the world as we know it is not real? Go down the rabbit hole with acclaimed filmmaker Rodney Ascher (Room 237) as he explores the science, philosophy and conspiracy theories behind this mind-bending idea.
| | Runtime: | 108 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Rodney Ascher | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Some Kind of Heaven
The palm-tree-lined paradise known as The Villages, America's largest retirement community located in Florida, promises a permanent vacation from the outside world. But for some residents, the fantasy is not all it’s cracked up to be.
| | Runtime: | 81 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Lance Oppenheim | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Coded BiasLeaving March 11
From advertising to surveillance, facial recognition software is steadily encroaching on many aspects of our lives. But who does it protect and who does it single out? Follow MIT computer scientist Joy Buolamwini on her quest to investigate the racial bias buried within the controversial algorithm.
| | Runtime: | 85 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA, China, UK | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | Last Chance | | | Director(s): | Shalini Kantayya | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Collective
A journalistic thriller reminiscent of Spotlight and All The President's Men, this Oscar-shortlisted masterpiece follows a team of Romanian journalists as they uncover staggeringly vast corruption in their country’s health care system.
| | Runtime: | 109 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Romania, Luxembourg | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Alexander Nanau | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Exhibition on Screen // Cezanne: Portraits of LifeLeaving March 11
Filmed on location at the National Portrait Gallery London, National Gallery of Art Washington, and Musée d’Orsay Paris, Exhibition on Screen sheds light on perhaps one of the least known of all the Impressionists, painter Paul Cézanne.
| | Runtime: | 87 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | UK | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | For Art Lovers | | Last Chance | | | Director(s): | Phil Grabsky | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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My Rembrandt
Set in the high-stakes world of old masters collecting, this captivating doc follows art lovers whose passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to unexpected twists and turns.
| | Runtime: | 97 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Netherlands | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | For Art Lovers | | | Director(s): | Oeke Hoogendijk | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Emoji Story
Explore the evolution of emojis, the colourful and creative pictorial language that surged from a simple set of icons to a swiftly evolving linguistic phenomenon that is reshaping how we communicate.
| | Runtime: | 81 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Ian Cheney, Martha Shane | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Mr. Soul!Leaving March 11
Go backstage with the first all-Black variety show broadcast nationally on PBS, and meet its openly gay host, who was instrumental in ushering radical Black talent into American living rooms in the wake of the civil rights movement.
| | Runtime: | 108 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | For Music Lovers | | Last Chance | | | Director(s): | Melissa Haizlip, Sam Pollard | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The New Corporation
Discover how big business has made itself over to influence all aspects of our lives in this highly-anticipated sequel to the multi award-winning global hit, The Corporation
| | Runtime: | 106 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Reason I Jump
Using the ground-breaking insights first revealed in 13-year old Naoki Higashida’s bestselling memoir, this Sundance Award-winning adaptation offers a wondrous cinematic glimpse inside the lives and minds of young non-verbal people with autism.
| | Runtime: | 82 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA, UK | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Jerry Rothwell | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Soros
From surviving the Holocaust to fighting authoritarianism and hate, uncover the life, career and philanthropy of controversial Billionaire activist George Soros in this revealing portrait that unravels fact from fiction.
| | Runtime: | 85 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Jesse Dylan | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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76 Days
One of the first major documentaries to recount the beginnings of the COVID-19 outbreak, this engrossing film takes you deep inside the frontlines of the outbreak in Wuhan, just days after the January 23, 2020 lockdown went into effect.
| | Runtime: | 93 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Weixi Chen, Hao Wu, Anonymous | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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First We Eat
Putting food security to the test in Yukon, filmmaker Suzanne Crocker bans all store-bought groceries from her house in a year-long adventure in farming, fishing and foraging complicated by three skeptical teenagers, no caffeine and -40° temperatures.
| | Runtime: | 101 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | G | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | | Director(s): | Suzanne Crocker | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Zappa
With unprecedented access to a personal vault of rarely seen home videos, filmmaker Alex Winter explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career of legendary artist and agitator Frank Zappa.
| | Runtime: | 129 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | New Releases | | For Music Lovers | | | Director(s): | Alex Winter | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Walter Isaacson on The Future of GeneticsLive Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30 PM (EST)
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.
| | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Featured | | Author Talks | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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BorealisPlaying until March 11 only!
Travel deep into the heart of Canada’s boreal forest and explore the chorus of life that call it home in this special member preview of the latest doc from acclaimed filmmaker Kevin McMahon.
| | Runtime: | 94 min | | Copyright: | 2021 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | New Releases | | Featured | | Last Chance | | | Director(s): | Kevin McMahon | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Beyond the Music: Barenboim Said AcademyIncludes Q&A with Maestro Daniel Barenboim
Inspired by his friendship with Palestinian humanist Edward Said, legendary composer Daniel Barenboim inaugurates Berlin’s Barenboim-Said Academy, an innovative new school uniting young musicians from Israel and the Arab world under the shared mission of humanism, music and philosophy.
| | Runtime: | 52 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Switzerland, Germany | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | New Releases | | For Music Lovers | | | Director(s): | David Bernet | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Lost & Found Includes Q&A commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
When personal artifacts belonging to the survivors of the disastrous Japanese earthquake and tsunami wash ashore in North America, filmmakers John Choi and Nicolina Lanni embark on an epic quest to reunite their owners with vital pieces of their past.
| | Runtime: | 82 min | | Copyright: | 2016 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | John Choi and Nicolina Lanni | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Compassion in Exile: The Life of the 14th Dalai LamaWith special introduction by travel writer Pico Iyer
Screening with an exclusive introduction by bestselling travel writer Pico Iyer, this richly textured film interweaves an inspiring portrayal of the Dalai Lama of Tibet with the urgent plight of his homeland under Chinese occupation.
| | Runtime: | 53 min | | Copyright: | 1993 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Mickey Lemle | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Kenbe la, jusqu'à la victoire (Kenbe La, Until We Win)
Set in the lush Haitian countryside as well as the icy landscapes of Quebec, this RIDM 2019 People's Choice Award winner chronicles the inspiring journey of Alain Philoctète, an artist and activist who dreams of developing a permaculture project in his native country even as he fights an ongoing battle with cancer.
Tourné entre la somptueuse nature haïtienne et les paysages glacés du Québec, ce documentaire suit le parcours inspirant d'Alain Philoctète, artiste et militant qui, malgré sa maladie, rêve de développer un projet de permaculture en Haïti.
| | Runtime: | 84 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Spotlight on Québec | | Free for Members | | Featured | | | Director(s): | Will Prosper | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Une femme, ma mère (A Woman, My Mother)
In this touching exploration of family, memory and maternal love, acclaimed Quebec filmmaker Claude Demers retraces the footsteps of his elusive biological mother. Who was this independent and secretive woman—and why did she leave him?
Le cinéaste Claude Demers fait le portrait de sa mère biologique, qui l’a abandonné à la naissance. Comment rendre compte d’une femme mystérieuse qui a refusé toute sa vie de livrer ses secrets ??
| | Runtime: | 75 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | 13+ | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Québec | | | Director(s): | Claude Demers | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Nin E Tepueian, Mon cri (Nin E Tepueian, My Cry)
Channelling the language of her ancestors, Innu poet and activist Natasha Kanapé Fontaine embarks on a journey to help heal the wounds of racism and colonialism suffered by Indigenous peoples.
Suivez le parcours de la poète, comédienne et militante innue Natasha Kanapé Fontaine qui, par les mots et langage de son peuple, trouve la force de vaincre les préjugés et le racisme dont sont victimes les Autochtones.
| | Runtime: | 82 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Québec | | | Director(s): | Santiago Bertolino | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs : rêve et variations)
Inspired by their great-grandmother’s folk songs, artist siblings Ty and Jasa journey from Montreal to Iceland to explore their family’s creative heritage in this inspiring, genre-bending observation of the artistic approach.
Entre documentaire, animation et performance, "Sœurs : rêve et variations" est une observation inspirante de la démarche artistique et identitaire de Tyr et Jasa, deux artistes montréalaises d’origine islandaise.
| | Runtime: | 85 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Québec | | | Director(s): | Catherine Legault | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Jongué, carnet nomade (Jongué, A Nomad’s Journey)
Made entirely from the artist’s words and images, this fascinating portrait pays tribute to the avant-garde vision of Serge Emmanuel Jongué, a writer and photographer haunted by questions of identity and memory.
Entièrement composé de textes et d’images de l’artiste, le nouveau film de Carlos Ferrand rend hommage à la vision de Serge Emmanuel Jongué, écrivain photographe hanté par les questions d’identité et de mémoire.
| | Runtime: | 81 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | 13+ | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Québec | | For Art Lovers | | | Director(s): | Carlos Ferrand | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Author Talks | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Author Talks | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Fiddlin' With performances by fiddlers Duncan McDougall & Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk
Set in the Appalachian Mountains, take a step back in time to the oldest fiddler's convention in the world, where strummers and pickers pass along the foot-stomping sounds of Old-Time and Bluegrass from one generation to another.
| | Runtime: | 92 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | For Music Lovers | | | Director(s): | Julie Simone | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Meat the Future
A potential solution to the impending climate crisis may lie with “clean meat,” a visionary food science that produces lab-grown meat without killing animals. But in a race to alter diets and save the planet, can this new approach win over omnivorous skeptics?
| | Runtime: | 88 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Liz Marshall | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Particle Fever
Watch as scientists from around the world join forces to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang at this exhilarating front-row seat to the launch of Large Hadron Collider, one of the most significant experiments in history.
| | Runtime: | 99 min | | Copyright: | 2013 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Mark Levinson | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Inventing Tomorrow
Follow the journeys of bright teen scientists as they prepare to compete in the world’s largest high school science fair.
| | Runtime: | 87 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Rating: | G | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Laura Nix | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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John Ware Reclaimed
Follow filmmaker Cheryl Foggo on her quest to re-examine the mythology surrounding John Ware, the iconic Black cowboy who settled in Alberta in the wake of the American Civil War.
| | Runtime: | 72 min | | Copyright: | 2020 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Alberta | | | Director(s): | Cheryl Foggo | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
A grieving family's pursuit of justice becomes a flashpoint of the inequity and racism in the Canadian legal system after the killer of Colten Boushie, a young Cree man in Saskatchewan, is acquitted of murder charges.
| | Runtime: | 98 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Alberta | | | Director(s): | Tasha Hubbard | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Digging in the Dirt
Underneath the layers of Alberta’s booming oil sands industry, a mental health crisis has been bubbling for a decade. Men living and working on the patches open up about the emotional cost of digging for oil, confronting the biggest obstacle to recovery: asking for help.
| | Runtime: | 44 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | 13+ | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Alberta | | | Director(s): | Dylan Rhys Howard | | Omar Mouallem | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Shorts Program: Fast Horse & Lake
This short-film double-bill features the captivating and intimate work of up-and-coming Cree director Alexandra Lazarowich whose docs Fast Horse and Lake garnered buzz at the 2019 Hot Docs and Sundance festivals.
| | Runtime: | 19 min | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | R | | 13+ | | | Display Category: | Free for Members | | Spotlight on Alberta | | | Director(s): | Alexandra Lazarowich | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Magic of Musicals: Broadway’s Biggest Hits
Join Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated producer of Come From Away Michael Rubinoff for an insider’s guide to the biggest Broadway shows in history, from West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof to Dream Girls and Les Mis.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | Featured | | For Music Lovers | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 93 min | | Copyright: | 2014 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | Featured | | | Director(s): | Albert Maysles | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Great Old Masters
Explore the influential work of The Old Masters: Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt, Velázquez and Goya, and its lasting impact on generations of artists and art lovers, with acclaimed art lecturer Barbara Isherwood.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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
| | Runtime: | 85 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Switzerland | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | For Music Lovers | | | Director(s): | Sophie Huber | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Age of Innovation: La Belle Époque & The End of Empires
Dr. Peter Harris returns to guide us through the social and artistic innovations that shaped Europe’s cultural hotbeds at the turn of the 20th century.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Secrets of Scandinavia
From Vikings to Hygge to the Nobel Prize, find out what makes the Nordic nations so unique in this exciting survey of Scandinavian history and culture.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Spain: A Historical Journey
Embark on a virtual journey to the iconic landmarks, breathtaking landscapes and artistic masterpieces of Spain, one of Europe’s most distinctive and captivating countries.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | Last Chance | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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Architectural Wonders: The Buildings that Reshaped History
What are the buildings that have influenced the places we live, work and play? Longtime Toronto Star architecture critic Christopher Hume returns to assess history’s most influential structures, and what they mean to us today.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | Last Chance | | For Art Lovers | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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The Italian Renaissance
In his anticipated Curious Minds debut, world-renowned Renaissance scholar Dr. Kenneth Bartlett offers a richly illustrated survey of the great cultural flourishing that occurred on the Italian peninsula from the 14th to 16th centuries.
| | Display Category: | Curious Minds Speaker Series | | For Art Lovers | | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 84 min | | Copyright: | 2017 | | Country Listing: | Australia | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Jennifer Peedom | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 88 min | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Israel, Germany | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Shani Rozanes | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 81 min | | Copyright: | 2012 | | Country Listing: | USA, Canada, UK | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | For Art Lovers | | | Director(s): | Angad Singh Bhalla | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 90 min | | Copyright: | 2015 | | Country Listing: | Canada, UK, USA | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Rama Rau | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 90 min | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Rating: | PG | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Charles Officer | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 72 min | | Copyright: | 2014 | | Country Listing: | USA | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | | Director(s): | Lina Plioplyte | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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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.
| | Runtime: | 93 min | | Copyright: | 2017 | | Country Listing: | USA, Mexico, Spain | | Rating: | G | | | Display Category: | Best of Hot Docs Cinema Collection | | Free for Members | | For Music Lovers | | | Director(s): | Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | | VR Director(s): | TRUE |
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