Hot Docs

’90s hip-hop star Pras Michel discusses one of the most unbelievable presidential runs in the world — that of his friend Michel Martelly.

As the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival kicks off this week, we review 10 internationally focused films worth viewing.

As the U.S. questions its strike protocols, we interview director of new film, Drone, screening at the Hot Docs Festival.

Our conversation with Patrick Reed, director of “Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children” on his new film with Romeo Dallaire.

Benjamin J. Muller on why up-close-and-personal films about war don’t bring us any closer to the reality of the battlefield.

Our conversation with Dan Krauss, director of the Kill Team, on the stark choices that confront soldiers in war.

Our interview with Ann Shin, director of the The Defector: Escape from North Korea, about the risk and hardship North Korean defectors face.

Our interview with Khoa Lê, director of the film Ba Noi, about coming to Canada and the family left behind.

Our conversation with Corey Ogilvie, director of Occupy, on the social movement that may define our generation.

Our conversation with director Matt Anderson on his exploration of the origins of the coming global catastrophe and the attitude changes that could avert it.

Our conversation with Ric Esther Bienstock, director of Tales from the Organ Trade, about the morally ambiguous world of organ trafficking.