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Ben Proudfoot’s Obamas-Backed ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ to Open Toronto Fest Doc Program

TIFF has also booked films from Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi, Raoul Peck, Laura Poitras, Sepideh Farsi and Darlene Naponse ...
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MICE CAFE: Obamas are co-producers on ‘the eyes of Ghana’: Documentary unearthing 93-year-old Hesse’s archive from Africa’s liberation era

A soon-to-be-aired documentary feature, ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ produced by two-time Oscar winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, is ...
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Documentaries on sex work, whistlers, aeronauts join Toronto's film festival lineup

Sex workers, champion whistlers and hot air balloon adventurers star in the documentaries bound for the Toronto International ...

Documentaries About Paula Deen, Clergy Abuse and Whistling Contests Headed to Toronto Film Festival

The festival's TIFF Docs program will include new films from Oscar winners Laura Poitras, Ben Proudfoot, Chai Vasarhelyi and ...

TIFF Documentary Lineup Revealed: Films On Canceled Paula Deen, Daring Aeronauts, “Modern Whores” And More

D to correct that The Eyes of Ghana is directed by Ben Proudfoot and produced by Proudfoot, Moses Bwayo and others. Earlier: ...

TIFF Documentary Lineup Includes Films From Laura Poitras, Raoul Peck, Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi

Documentaries about journalists Seymour Hersh, Lynsey Addario, and the late Fatma Hassona are heading to the 50th edition of ...

Dick’s Sporting Goods Officially Launches Cookie Jar & A Dream Studios Ahead Of Little League Doc ‘Big Dreams’ ESPN Premiere

U.S. sporting equipment and apparel retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods has officially launched its content and production studio ...

TIFF 2025 Launches Season’s Top Nonfiction, with New Docs from Raoul Peck, Laura Poitras, Jimmy Chin & Chai Vaserhelyi, Colin Hanks, and More

Programmer Thom Powers walks IndieWire through the documentaries on view at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

‘Yakushima’s Illusion’: Watch Vicky Krieps In Naomi Kawase’s Locarno Bound Feature

The film,sees Vicky Krieps play Corry, a French coordinator of paediatric heart transplants who is sent to Japan where organ ...

TIFF reveals its compelling documentary slate featuring Paula Deen, champion whistlers and balloonists

The festival will feature premieres of new films from Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Laura Poitras and Ben Proudfoot ...

‘Follies’: Watch First Clip From Éric K. Boulianne’s Locarno-Bound Feature Debut

The French-language comedy stars Boulianne and Catherine Chabot as François and Julie, a couple whose 16-year marriage has grown sexually unfulfilling.