The life and story of professional wrestler Gertrude “Luna” Vachon is told in Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story. Gertrude Vachon was the adopted daughter of Montreal professional wrestler Paul “Butcher” Vachon, who was part of a wrestling dynasty that included Maurice “Mad Dog” Vachon and Vivian Vachon. Training to become a pro wrestler at the…
A young Palestinian activist documents the Israeli displacement of the local villages in No Other Land. Basel Adra is a young activist living in Masafer Yatta, Palestinian West Bank. For decades, the Israeli military has been displacing the local villages, claiming that the land is meant as a training zone. With the help of sympathetic…
Filmmaker Stephen Chung resurrects his shelved documentary about the indie rock band Broken Social Scene with It’s All Gonna Break. In the mid-2000s, Stephen Chung filmed his friends of the Toronto-based indie rock band Broken Social Scene, as it grew from playing in basements and local music clubs to appearing on David Letterman and performing…
The final year of Ontario Place before redevelopment is observed in Your Tomorrow. When it opened in 1972, the provincial park Ontario Place was envisioned as a mirror for Ontario’s people. However, due to mismanagement by the Ontario Government, the amusement park that operated on the site closed after the 2012 season. It is now…
The career or provacative Irish author Edna O’Brien is told in Blue Road – The Edna O’Brien Story. Through her books such as The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, and A Pagan Place, Edna O’Brien’s writing was often considered obsene or indecent. Edna also shared a tumultuous marriage to the older writer Ernest Gébler, who…
The life and career of tenor Andrea Bocelli is revisited in Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe. Andrea Bocelli was born in the Tuscan village of La Sterza and has been completely blind since the age of 12. However, this hasn’t stopped him from enjoying a three-decade music career that encompasses pop, rock, and opera. Framed…
The nearly four-decade long career of The Tragically Hip is told in an all-emcompassing docuseries in The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal. The Tragically Hip consisting of Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois and Gord Sinclair were five alumni of KCVI high school in Kingston, Ontario. Signed to MCA records in the late-1980s,…
A light is shone on United States Gun Culture using footage from thousands of YouTube videos in From My Cold Dead Hands. Framed by a video listing the reasons for being a gun owner, Spanish documentarian Javier Horcajada Fontecha compiles a YouTube mash-up about gun-toting Americans. This includes the best places to keep a gun,…
The dark side of digital advertising is exposed in The Click Trap. Tech giants such as Google and Facebook have effectively turned themselves into advertising companies, by tracking users around the web and sharing relevant ads. However, there is a dark side to this digital advertising model, as advertisers inadvertently find themselves funding misinformation or…
French filmmaker Emmanuel Reyé investigates the worst accident in the history of motor racing, which took the lives of two of his uncles in Le Mans 55: The Unauthorized Investigation. On June 11, 1955, during the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the Mercedes driven by French driver Pierre Levegh crashed into the stands, killing…
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