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Subjects of Desire – Hot Docs 2021 – Hot Docs 2021

2021 Reviews, Doc Thoughts / Sean Patrick Kelly

The stereotypes surrounding black women and the definition of beauty are explored in Subjects of Desire. The year 2019 was a watershed moment, where the winners of the Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America winners were all black women. This goes against the stereotypes that were perpetrated for decades, […]

Subjects of Desire – Hot Docs 2021 – Hot Docs 2021

Mau – Hot Docs 2021

2021 Reviews, Doc Thoughts / Sean Patrick Kelly

Bruce Mau presents his philosophy about the world of design in Mau. Over the course of his career, Bruce Mau has come to be known as not only one of the Earth’s great designers, but also one of the world’s great thinkers. Believing that you have the power to redesign your life, Mau shares his key

Mau – Hot Docs 2021

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WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn – Hot Docs 2021

2021 Reviews, Doc Thoughts / Sean Patrick Kelly

The rise and fall of WeWork CEO Adam Neumann is recounted in WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn. When it was founded in 2010, Adam Neumann described his shared workspace company WeWork as the world’s first “physical social network.” Preferring to call themselves a technology company over real estate, the estimated

WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn – Hot Docs 2021

Playing with Sharks – Hot Docs 2021

2021 Reviews, Doc Thoughts / Sean Patrick Kelly

The story of marine conservationist Valerie May Taylor is told in Playing with Sharks. Australian-born Valerie Taylor began her career as a champion spearfisher, before having a change of heart and began to focus on marine conservation with her husband Ron Taylor. Together, Valerie and Ron made underwater documentaries to try and destigmatize the fears of

Playing with Sharks – Hot Docs 2021

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street – Hot Docs 2021

2021 Reviews, Doc Thoughts / Sean Patrick Kelly

Take a look behind-the-scenes in the creation of one of the longest-running children’s television series in Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street. The brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, co-founders of the Children’s Television Workshop, Sesame Street was created in 1968 as counter-programming for children’s television shows that at the time were focused

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street – Hot Docs 2021