Welcome to the Hot Docs screening schedule, where you can browse all of the films in this year’s festival.
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Dream TowerWhat happens when radical pedagogues, utopian dreamers, homeless hippies, and drug dealers collide? A captivating, colourful ride on the roller coaster that was Rochdale College, Toronto's most notorious social experiment of the sixties. |
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Echoes Without SayingThis short documentary profiles one of Toronto's most enduring cultural institutions, Coach House Books. Mann's charming film conveys the communal spirit that made Coach House possible. |
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FlakAn unseen gem made when the director was just 16, this raw, improvised drama follows a group of young men living next to a toxic factory. Will they do something about it or are they all talk? |
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GrassIs it a gateway drug to social disorder and decay or a catalyst for creativity and deep spiritual insight? Grass is an uproarious attempt to untangle the political and moral panic inspired by marijuana. |
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Marcia Resnick’s Bad BoysThis short film focuses on New York photographer Marcia Resnick and her male subjects. Resnick is irreverent in her narration, and her portrait gallery-made up of celebrities and nobodies-is quotidian, ridiculous, and titillating in turn. |
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Poetry in MotionPoetry in Motion is a vibrant, groundbreaking homage to the power of the spoken word, featuring such artists as Amiri Baraka, Michael Ondaatje, Four Horsemen, John Cage, William Burroughs, Charles Bukowski, and Allen Ginsberg. |
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TwistIn this fun and affectionate look at the evolution of a dance craze, stunning archival footage and hilarious interviews offer a prismatic view of culture in flux, one rapidly shifting from Frankie Avalon to the Beatles and beyond. |
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