Hot Docs

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  Weiner

  Directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg

  PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2016

  Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's Weiner is the pop political documentary of the year, a fly-on-the-wall look at disgraced former U.S. Co...

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  Chasing Asylum

  Directed by Eva Orner

  PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2016

  Chasing Asylum is a solid expository documentary about Australia's terrible treatment of refugees, an exposé in the truest sense that inten...

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  Gary Numan: Android in La La Land

  Directed by Steve Read and Rob Alexander

  PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2016

  Gary Numan: Android in La La Land isn't about music, but about the internal and relational landscape of the person behind it. The film foll...

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  League of Exotique Dancers

  Directed by Rama Rau

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  Rama Rau's new documentary League of Exotique Dancers isn't shy about baring all, from its feminist leanings to its message of broadening t...

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  Tickled

  Directed by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  When New Zealand arts and culture writer David Farrier — a popular television personality known for covering the fluffier side of humanity...

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  Hit It Hard

  Directed by Gabe Spitzer and David Terry Fine

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  Though it's almost certain to be overshadowed by the expansive five-part saga about O.J. Simpson, the other documentary from ESPN's "30 for...

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  Strike a Pose

  Directed by Ester Gould and Reijer Zwaan

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  For anyone who's seen Truth or Dare, the 1991 film that chronicled Madonna's controversial "Blond Ambition" tour, and wondered what became...

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  Wizard Mode

  Directed by Jeff Petry and Nathan Drillot

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  It would be fascinating enough if the documentary Wizard Mode were simply a glimpse into the strange world of competitive pinball and a pro...