Were you expecting a review on a movie about shapeshifting robots? Forget it. This is about somebody who transforms from a physically strong person to an even stronger person. What does it take to be
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Steak (R)evolution: Doc Looks at Happy Cows
(Via WireService.ca) Steak (R)evolution is a new documentary presented by Video Services Corp (VSC), opening August 7th at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. It follows Franck Ribière and his favourite butcher, Yves-Marie Le Bourdonnec, on
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Deep Web Opens in TO: Reeves Narrates Doc on Silk Road’s Ulbricht
(Via WireService.ca) Deep Web opens in Toronto at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on July 3, after what the creators call “a super successful festival run.” The documentary focuses on the arrest of Ross William
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White Pine and TVO Tell Conflicting Stories on Doc
(Via CNW) TVO and White Pine Pictures have both released statements on their canceled project, the documentary Premier: The Unscripted Kathleen Wynne, which was to have aired on TVO on June 6th. TVO has again
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Becoming Edmonton: Doc to Tell Stories of Arrival
(Via WireService.ca) One of a dozen upcoming heritage projects to receive support from the City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Heritage Council (EHC) is Becoming Edmonton, a documentary film project that will collect oral histories
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Marineland Objects to Senator Citing Film
(Via CNW) Senator Wilfred Moore, introducing Bill S-230 to phase out taking whales into captivity, said that anyone who disagreed with it should watch Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s 2013 documentary Blackfish. Marineland in Ontario, one of the facilities
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