Documentary film

Hot Docs 2021: Your 10 best bets, from a Canadian cryptocurrency mystery to a long-lost summer of soul

Why China is pretending this year’s Academy Awards don’t exist

National Canadian Film Day aims for light at the end of the tunnel

Worn Stories reminds us our clothes define who we are, and that style will return

Earth is doomed, probably, says David Attenborough in Extinction: The Facts

Canadian documentary No Ordinary Man is an extraordinary look at jazz legend Billy Tipton

Q: Into the Storm takes a deep, ominous dive into a conspiracy phenomenon that threatens democracy

Crave documentary Underplayed highlights women’s fight for equality in the music business

Dog-umentary Stray is as much a testament to pups’ empathy for humans as it is human’s empathy for pups

Allen v. Farrow and It’s A Sin: Two significant, disturbing new shows – one of them brilliant

NFB’s Black history doc John Ware Reclaimed will leave audiences asking too many questions

Vancouver filmmaker revisits his grandmother’s story of surviving the Holocaust in new NFB film

Binge-watching guide 2020 edition: More than 30 series and specials to catch up on

Michelle Latimer documentary Inconvenient Indian pulled from distribution over ancestry controversy

Documentary The Paper Man looks at the impact and magic of Claude Lafortune’s sculptures

Netflix documentary In Wonder shows Shawn Mendes to be manipulative, but no monster

Horrifying and gripping journalism documentary Collective uncovers the truth, at all costs

Fight to the Finish: Plain unforgettable talk about war

Meet The New Corporation, same as the old corporation: searing, clever and essential

Some kinda fun: The epic story of Teenage Head