Hot Docs 2021: 10 must-see films according to NOW critics
Hot Docs 2021: 10 must-see films according to NOW critics
The annual documentary film fest is streaming across Canada until May 9 By Kevin Ritchie
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Baltimore director Theo Anthony uncovers a disturbing and illuminating history of camera technology in All Light, Everywhere.
The annual documentary film festival Hot Docs goes all-virtual for a second straight year, meaning you can rent most movies on-demand – across Canada – from now until May 9. With more than 200 titles to choose from, Hot Docs 2021 is as sprawling as the traditional in-person event. Fortunately, we’ve seen several docs already – here are our 10 favourites (so far).
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Philippe Béziat s documentary about a Paris Opera production integrating urban dance into baroque opera soars By Glenn Sumi
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Talk about storming the Bastille. In the fall of 2019, artist and film director Clément Cogitore and choreographer Bintou Dembélé mounted a revolutionary production of Jean-Philippe Rameau’s baroque opera Les Indes Galantes that included 30 diverse dancers specializing in krump, voguing, flexing, popping – and many other moves never before seen on the stage of the Opéra Bastille.
Director Béziat follows a year of rehearsals leading up to opening night, with his fly-on-the-wall cameras capturing some impressive dance, singing and production elements. Rather than interview Cogitore and Dembélé about their intentions, he shows us specific sequences that obliquely comment on the opera’s themes of colonialism and otherness.