Welcome to the Hot Docs screening schedule, where you can browse all of the films in this year’s festival.
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Below are films from this program: Spotlight On....
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Being DifferentA thirteen-year-old butterfly collecting boy questions his hobby when his friends laugh at him. |
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CorralWestern ballads played on guitar are the only sounds used in this romantic portrait of a cowboy in the spectacular Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta. |
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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian LivesCompelling, often hilarious and always rebellious, nine women paint a portrait of lesbian sexuality against a backdrop of tabloid headlines, book covers and dramatizations from lesbian pulp novels. |
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Lonely BoyA candid look at both sides of the footlights, this short portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become a teen idol to millions around the world. |
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NailsA blacksmith shaping nails at his forge is juxtaposed with the roar of a twentieth-century nail mill, emphasizing the changed relationship between individuals and their work. |
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Nobody Waved GoodbyeA youth rebels against his parents' middle-class goals and conventions, but away from home and high school he finds the world a cold place to go it alone. A look at the sources of delinquency in an affluent society. |
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Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway SwitchmanA Polish-born Canadian talks about his job keeping Winnipeg's streetcar rail-switches clear of snow, and his life in Canada compared to Poland, marvelling at the liberty Canadians enjoy. |
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QATUWAS People Gathering TogetherAs crews from thirty First Nations set out on a remarkable journey, Qatuwas powerfully documents this rebirth of the ocean-going canoe and celebrates the healing power of tradition and the resurgence of Northwest Coast indigenous culture. |
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Sad Song of Yellow SkinIn 1970, three young American journalists in Saigon explore the consequences of the Vietnam War and of the American presence through the people who live on the fringes of the battle. |
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The Back-Breaking LeafSmokers say it's relaxing, but its harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf." A graphic look at the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. |
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With Drums and TrumpetsIn 1867, when Pope Pius IX called for volunteers to defend against the troops of King Victor-Emmanuel, Quebec sent 503 men. A humorous but sympathetic look at this elite group filmed at the event's centenary celebration. |
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WowNine teenagers act out their secret dreams and, between times, talk about their world as they see it, raising all the preoccupations of youth: authority, drugs, social conflict, and sex. |
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