How We Stand Review: TIFF 2026
How We Stand uses the stories of three sisters to expose historical injustices against Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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The Delivery Line: Midwives on the Frontline Review: Hot Docs 2026
The Delivery Line is a moving portrait of the vital role midwives play in caring for those who need it most.
Interview: Endless Cookie’s Pete Scriver and Seth Scriver
That Shelf's Vanya Garraway talks to brothers Pete and Seth Scriver about their innovative, award-winning doc Endless Cookie . The film is available to stream starting today!
Endless Cookie Review
How do you make something funny, beautiful, spiritual, political, complex, simple, and true? Witness Endless Cookie.
Echo Review: Marvel Tries To Answer Criticisms With Mixed Results
Marvel's new series is a noble effort but fails to address issues that many of the MCU's Disney+ shows continue to suffer from.
True Detective: Night Country Review: An Atmospheric Mystery Worth Watching
The latest season of True Detective, subtitled Night Country, showcases how crime is unique to its environment in more ways than one.
TIFF 2023: Frybread Face and Me Review
Billy Luther's exceptional coming-of-age film Frybread Face and Me captures the beauty of self-discovery.
Little Bird Series Review: One Woman’s Journey Discovering Her Roots
Through one Indigenous woman's journey of self-discovery, the Crave Original 'Little Bird' uncovers the horrors behind Canada's Sixties Scoop.
Little Bird Review: A Must-Watch Canadian Story
The new Crave Original effectively grapples with Canada's dark history against indigenous peoples.
Sundance 2023: Against The Tide Review
Director Sarvnik Kaur's Against the Tide is a gripping portrait of two Indian fishermen that serves as a searing climate change warning for us all.
For Love Review: Shining the Spotlight on Systemic Abuses
Essential viewing for all, this new doc examines the links between (and the legacy of abuse and trauma from) residential schools and the child welfare system.
Night Raiders and Beans: Two Films, One Horror
Danis Goulet's Night Raiders and Tracey Deer's Beans lead us to the same realization, in two completely different ways.
Hot Docs 2021: KÃmmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy Review
The road to recovery may be long, but KÃmmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy never loses faith in its subjects or their communities' ability to rally around them.
CUFF 2021: End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock Review
Strength, resistance, and powerful women permeate Shannon Kring's moving and essential doc, End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock.
TIFF 2020: Inconvenient Indian review
If there's only one must-see film at TIFF, it is Michelle Latimer's urgent call to action doc Inconvenient Indian .
