Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, explores one of music’s pioneering Black trans performers

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Vancouver – Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival (May 2–12) will feature extraordinary stories from across Canada with a selection of five deeply personal National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentaries. Winnipeg directors Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies’ Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying makes its world premiere at DOXA. In this animated short doc, Edith Almadi’s imagination transcends grief, revealing a vibrant world of art where love endures. The festival’s Closing Night film will be BC premiere Any …

A Man Imagined reveals raw reality of man living on fringes

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Montreal – Making its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the bold new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) production A Man Imagined captures the bitter day-to-day life of a man who is routinely overlooked and often feared, in a “documentary fable” by the maverick filmmaking duo of Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky. A Man Imagined will be presented as part of the festival’s Short & Mid-length program, which will take place from Friday, …