Agnes Varda, Drake, and Cary Grant all get name-checked as Thom Powers and Dorota Lech continue their discussion of documentaries at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). They preview film clips being made public for the first time. The films discussed in order of mention are: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (d. […]


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Agnes Varda, Drake, and Cary Grant all get name-checked as Thom Powers and Dorota Lech continue their discussion of documentaries at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). They preview film clips being made public for the first time.



The films discussed in order of mention are:


Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (d. Matt Tyrnauer)

Silas (d. Anjali Nayar & Hawa Essuman)

The Legend of the Ugly King (d. Hüseyin Tabak)

The Other Side of Everything (d. Mila Turajlic)

Cocaine Prison (d. Violeta Ayala)

The Judge (d. Erika Cohn)

Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent (d. Sabiha Sumar)

Of Sheep & Men (d. Karim Sayad)

Long Time Running (d. Jennifer Baichwal & Nick de Pencier)

Our People Will Be Healed (d. Alanis Obomsawin)

There is a House (d. Alan Zweig)

A Skin So Soft (d. Denis Côté)

The Carter Effect (d. Sean Menard)

Mrs. Fang (d. Wang Bing)

Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle (d. Gustavo Salmerón)

Makala (d. Emmanuel Gras)

Faces Places (d. Agnes Varda & JR)


Hear Part 1 of the TIFF Preview on episode 53.


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