Hot Docs review: The Gig Is Up
Shannnon Walsh paints a clear picture of the price gig workers are forced to pay for the convenience of digital platforms like Uber and Amazon
Julia Mastroianni
May 8, 2021
Shannnon Walsh paints a clear picture of the price gig workers are forced to pay for the convenience of digital platforms like Uber and Amazon
Emanuel Licha, Yasmine Mathurin and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers won honours at the annual doc fest
The Toronto filmmaker’s doc is an ode to Black women that brings to light the systemic forces they fight against every day
Slick documentary about a cheating scandal in the world of competitive bridge collapses like a house of cards
Immersive, powerful film follows a diverse and politically aware senior class in Oakland through nine tumultuous months
Powerful documentary about women from an Indian newspaper going digital is a spiritual companion piece to Collective
Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams’s documentary about a queer refugee from Uganda and his Canadian sponsors hits home
Yasmine Mathurin’s moving documentary gently wades into a messy conflict surrounding Black and Indigenous identity
The musician-turned-filmmaker will chat with NOW culture editor Radheyan Simonpillai about his music doc Summer Of Soul
The annual documentary film fest is streaming across Canada until May 9
Philippe Béziat’s documentary about a Paris Opera production integrating urban dance into baroque opera soars
Director Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’s doc is a methodical portrait of the work required to affect a paradigm shift in drug treatment