documentary
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Ukrainian Sheriffs (Hot Docs Review)
'Ukrainian Sheriffs' can't meet the challenge to make its own subject matter interesting.
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Fraud (Hot Docs Review)
This found-footage doc about one family's addiction to materialism is impossible to believe but impossible to resist.
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Sonita (Hot Docs Review)
'Sonita' follows the beats of a traditional success story, but its director's self-interests threaten to overpower the entire...
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NUTS! (Hot Docs Review)
Penny Lane's documentary 'NUTS!' is deceitful for all the wrong reasons.
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Cheer Up (Hot Docs Review)
This sluggish documentary about Finnish cheerleaders suffers from a flat presentation.
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Wizard Mode (Hot Docs Review)
A pinball wizard tries to overcome personal hurdles in this one-sided documentary.
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Hotel Dallas (Hot Docs Review)
Fantasy and reality blur on multiple levels in this uneven arthouse film posing as a documentary.
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Off the Rails (Hot Docs Review)
A serial impersonator of subway workers is documented in this compelling portrait of institutional neglect.
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League of Exotique Dancers (Hot Docs Review)
There's a story to be told about the golden age of burlesque. This film isn't that story.
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KONELĪNE: our land beautiful (Hot Docs Review)
A lyrical ode to a First Nations tribe and the land they call home.
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Obit (Hot Docs Review)
History, journalism, and storytelling converge in a marvelous doc that heralds the most unappreciated section of the newspaper.
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No Men Beyond This Point
A mockumentary about a world where men no longer have a purpose is entertaining, even when it's uneven.
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Above and Below
This doc about people living on society's fringe offers little beyond its gorgeous visuals.
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Omo Child: The River and the Bush
A surprisingly uplifting film considering the harrowing subject matter of children being killed in Ethiopia.
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Here Come the Videofreex
History is made behind the camera in this detached documentary about the world's first citizen journalists.