The story of legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples is told in the biographical documentary Mavis!. Mavis Staples began as the lead singer of the Staples Singers, founded in 1948 by her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples. The band had success in the gospel community for about two decades, before they founds success in other genres, including…
Canada’s perception by the rest of the world is broken down in Being Canadian. Born in Calgary, Robert Cohen moved to Los Angeles to pursue a comedy writing career. When his co-workers found out about his heritage, he found that they knew little about Canada, other than the stereotypes of beer, maple syrup, and hockey. …
Comedian Tig Notaro had the worst few months of her life in 2012 when she was experienced a life-threatening infection, the death of her mother, and a break-up, all before being diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Notaro decided to turn her situation into material for a stand-up set on August 3, 2012, at the Largo…
The film line-up was announced this week for the 2015 edition of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. This year’s line-up will include 210 titles from 45 countries. 102 of these films will be world or international premieres, which includes 17 world premieres from Canada. In addition, a point has been made that 40%…
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