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Member Event: June 21, 4:30 PM
In advance of the release of this Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner, Hot Docs Members will be provided an exclusive sneak peek followed by a live Q&A with the filmmakers.

Available until June 24
When facial recognition software is used in clandestine surveillance, who does it protect and who is singled out? Scientists, scholars and activists all argue there is a clear racial bias buried in the algorithms, but will the US government take heed?

Available until June 24
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the most powerful leaders and thinkers on the planet gather, astonishing conversations unfold between the likes of Al Gore, Jair Bolsonaro and Greta Thunberg during an event with so much at stake.

Available until June 24
As pro-democracy protestors battle armed police in the streets of Hong Kong, ordinary citizens take sides. Cameras follow a cop, a paramedic, a tea shop owner and politicians as their city—an outlier of both western and Chinese power—quakes in crisis.

Available until May 31
Take a deep dive into rapidly expanding forms of artificial intelligence, as told by some of the pioneers and experts of the field who reflect on the massive impact these advancements have on our world.

Available until June 24
Fake news, weaponized communication and political interference take centre stage in this story of spin, all charted through the rise and collapse of notorious British public relations and reputation management firm Bell Pottinger.

Available until June 24
Memphis Meats aims to go mainstream with its lab-grown “cultured meat” products, made without killing animals. But in a race to alter diets and save the planet, can this new approach to food win over omnivorous skeptics?

Available until June 16
The lure of online celebrity transforms a devoted family man and Orthodox Jew into Dr. Miami, a pop culture sensation celebrated in hip hop and viral memes, who takes plastic surgery marketing to outrageous extremes to feed the non-stop social media beast.

Available until June 24
Internationally acclaimed press-freedom fighter Maria Ressa must navigate fake news punditry, bomb threats and arrest warrants to chronicle Philippine President Duterte’s extrajudicial war on drugs and weaponization of social media in this urgent report on democracy itself.

Available until June 6
Four transgender youth redefine coming of age over the course of five years in Kansas City. Navigating obstacles and celebrating personal triumphs, their journeys show how gender is reshaping perceptions of “the family next door” in America’s heartland.

Available until June 6
A searing look at current anti-LGBTQ persecution in the Russian republic of Chechnya and the brave LGBTQ activists who risk unimaginable peril to rescue victims from a targeted campaign of torture and brutality.