Important ❗️ Indigenous Screen Office urgently seeks YOUR support to press the government for funding renewal! DOC stands with the Indigenous Screen Office, urging the Canadian Government to secure the ISO’s vital funding. ✍️sign the petition by Jan 23, 4PM ET: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

FOR THE CULTURE with Amanda Parris, my new POV documentary series is streaming now on CBC Gem. This season we explore Black maternal health, the business of Black hair, diaspora wars and more. I hope you tune in and tell a friend to do the same. gem.cbc.ca/for-the-cultur…

Best memory ever ✨🥹🫶🏾

Solidarity with my former colleagues at Hot Docs who could've only made such a choice under great duress. Hot Docs was one my first programming gigs and I was mentored by two of the OGs on this list. My heart breaks for them but I deeply respect this principled action ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

A reddit post from someone who worked at Hot Docs explaining their perspective as to why ten programmers and the festival's artistic director announced their departures from the festival today.

Hey internet, check out "The Incredible" Short Film Finishing Funds by Abbesi Akhamie (a fellow TIFF Studio alum ✨💪🏿 ) consider supporting her Kickstarter campaign to get her to the finish line! kickstarter.com/projects/thein…

So the WGC (Writers Guild of Canada) sent out an email earlier today informing all WGC writers that there will likely be a vote to strike for pretty much the same reasons the WGA did. If you are a part of the WGC, please, for the love of god, vote YES to strike.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Roger McTair, the trailblazing Trinidadian-Canadian documentarian known for "Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community" (1983, w Jennifer Hodge da Silva) & "Journey to Justice" (2000). A great tree has fallen. Endless love to you Ian Kamau🌺

We owe a huge debt to the Black Cdn documentarians of this generation who witnessed the state demolish over and over again the ways we survive, make life, and love immeasurably on this land. Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community nfb.ca/film/home_feel…

A MUST READ - "This country’s characteristic non-confrontational posture has permitted an executive class to standardize its incompetence to the point of collapsing an entire industry. "

Statement from members of the 2024 Hot Docs Jury At a time of great global and local concern, we members of the jury—ourselves artists and cultural workers—have chosen to observe the indispensable work of documentary filmmakers who, often at great personal risk, 1/7

‘Letterkenny’ Producer New Metric Media Strikes First-Look Deal With Sasha Leigh Henry - Banff deadline.com/2024/06/new-me…

Calling all Canadian filmmakers! You're invited to submit your work-in-progress documentary feature or series for the chance to take part in a live pitch to industry figures in NYC this fall! Submit by Aug 2: docnyc.net/voices-of-cana…

Wondering how to contribute to International Documentary Association (IDA) Documentary magazine? Well, we now have publicly available pitch guidelines, a published rates table, and an FAQ. We also have some thoughts about what "documentary" means for the publication. Read on for some tips... documentary.org/magazine-edito…

Congrats Amar Wala !!! Proud of you & your team!! Can’t wait to watch it! ✨👏🏾👏🏾

.Telefilm Canada: Why are you investing in producers who haven’t signed fair contracts - which protect everything from health & safety to making sure creatives, casts & crews get paid?

CBC “Miryam is a person whose vision, creativity, and commitment to storytelling truly embodies the spirit of the award. [...] She leads with a curiosity that pushes a unique style and form in a way that echoes what Charles sought to do on his own.” –Jury statement #SeeTheNorth