Should I simply refer to the American documentary “A Photographic Memory” as rich, eerie, extensive, thorough, melancholic, uplifting and intriguing? Or might I say it is going to be remembered as one of the best Hot Docs 2024 documentaries? Considering the enormous sums I am paid to review films, the mind-boggling swag bags that flowContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: Hot Docs 2024: “A Photographic Memory””
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RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Norwegian Democrazy”
“Norwegian Democrazy” delves into the limits and constraints placed on free speech and the stresses on Norwegian society by the influx of Islamic immigration. The Muslim population of Norway is 182,000 constituting 3.3% of its total population. 55% of the Norwegian Muslim population live in Oslo and Viken. The Islamic influx is not restricted toContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Norwegian Democrazy””
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “American Cats: The Good, Bad And The Cuddly”: Calling All Cat Activists and Cat Lovers
True confessions. I am not a cat lover. I am a “dog person”. Once upon a time I was cornered by a Quebecois cat and kept prisoner for a few hours. I suppose that cat sensed my at best “indifferent” attitude toward cats. I might share that story with you one day. Then I metContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “American Cats: The Good, Bad And The Cuddly”: Calling All Cat Activists and Cat Lovers”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Never Look Away”
The Canadian premiere of “Never Look Away” will be at Hot Docs showing on 27/30April2024 and 4May2024. Margaret Moth was a fearless almost Gothlike camera woman hailing from New Zealand as is director Lucy Lawless with her directorial debut. You may ask when viewing the film if she was addicted to the danger of operatingContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Never Look Away””
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “The Bones”: Dino Intrigue!
Watch the documentary “The Bones” and you will never see dinosaurs the way you used to. I have taken my children to see the dinosaurs at The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and now it is the grandchildren. Children are fascinated with dinosaurs but if you take them when they are too young, they mayContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “The Bones”: Dino Intrigue!”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Daughter of Genghis”: A Lesson for Daughters and Sons of Trump
We follow the life of single Mongolian mother Gerel Byamba over the period of seven years. Extreme nationalists in Mongolia vilified Chinese control of the economy, the degradation of women and the threat of Chinese corruption of the “pure Mongolian genes” through Chinese controlled brothels and intermarriage with Mongolian women. Gerel Byamba’s husband died inContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Daughter of Genghis”: A Lesson for Daughters and Sons of Trump”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Qoryqpa” (Streets Loud with Echoes)
Being a part of the Soviet Empire when the Berlin Wall fell Kazakhstan declared itself an independent democracy but not having much of a history of democracy it quickly slipped back into the comfortable ways of totalitarianism. It was the 19July2018 murder of Kazak 25-year-old figure skating Olympic bronze medalist (Sochi 2018 Olympics) Denis TenContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Qoryqpa” (Streets Loud with Echoes)”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “A Mother Apart”: Rejection, Trauma and Mother Hunting
The documentary “A Mother Apart” chronicles the trauma suffered by Staceyann Chin as the result of abandonment by her mother Hazel who left her behind in Jamaica to be raised by extended family members when she departed for Montreal. Poet, actor, and performing artist Staceyann Chin is the author of the new poetry collection Crossfire: AContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “A Mother Apart”: Rejection, Trauma and Mother Hunting”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Seguridad”: Blame it on Father (both actual and revolutionary)? From the Mouth of Cuba’s Youngest Soldier
Director Tamara Segura invites the viewer of the National Film Board of Canada’s documentary “Seguridad” to travel through modern Cuban history, current Cuban life and most importantly through a scarring journey of her life as a child in Cuba. Through her memories, discussions with relatives and documents and photos the emotional journey will be taken.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “Seguridad”: Blame it on Father (both actual and revolutionary)? From the Mouth of Cuba’s Youngest Soldier”
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