As promised!

TEN MUST SEE FILMS screening at the upcoming @HotDocs Festival Online starting this Thurs May 28 until June 6 #HotDocsatHome #HotDocs2020 https://twitter.com/hotdocs/status/1257702636855480321

DARK CITY BENEATH THE BEAT (USA) d. @tttheartist
"a deep dive into the legendary Baltimore club scene with local DJs, producers, dancers, artists and activists who combat state violence with community care"
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INFLUENCE (South Africa, Canada) d. Richard Poplak, Diana Neille -- 'Fake news, weaponized communication and political interference take centre stage in this story of spin, all charted through the rise and collapse of notorious PR firm Bell Pottinger' #HotDocs2020

SOFTIE (Kenya, Canada) d. @soko10 - 'Provocative Kenyan photojournalist Boniface Mwangi’s campaigns against injustice have always created turmoil for his family. Now, battling corruption as he runs for office, he must choose between country and those closest to him.' #HotDocs2020

IN YOUR EYES, I SEE MY COUNTRY (Morocco, France) d. Kamal Hachkar - 'Two Israeli musicians travel Morocco to rediscover their Jewish-Moroccan heritage. In life and on stage, they question their identity and home country, attempting to heal the wounds of exile from song to song.'

IF IT WERE LOVE (France) d. Patric Chiha - 'Following 15 young dancers touring a piece about the ’90s rave scene, trance-like performances and intimate backstage moments push experimental documentary and blur the lines between real life and theatre.'

KEYBOARD FANTASIES: THE BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND STORY (UK) d. Posy Dixon - 'Catapulted to cult status after decades of isolation, a Black transgender musical genius embarks on his first international tour in his seventies...' #HotDocs2020

CODED BIAS (USA) d. @shalinikan - 'When facial recognition software is used in clandestine surveillance, who does it protect and who is singled out? Scientists, scholars and activists all argue there is a clear racial bias buried in the algorithms...' #HotDocs2020

STATELESS (USA, Canada) d. Michèle Stephenson - 'After the Dominican Republic Supreme Court strips citizenship from anyone with Haitian parentage...a young attorney ignites a grassroots campaign, relentlessly fighting to protect citizenship rights for all' #HotDocs2020

THE ART OF FALLISM (Norway) d. Aslaug Aarsæther, Gunnbjørg Gunnarsdóttir - 'Revisit South Africa’s #RhodesMustFall & #FeesMustFall movements & the crucial work shouldered by women & trans people to ensure the movement championed all' #HotDocs2020 TRAILER:

FADMA: EVEN ANTS HAVE WINGS (Morocco, Belgium) d. Jawad Rhalib - 'In a small Berber community, locals follow an age-old division of labour. When a progressive woman from Casablanca challenges the status quo, female villagers—emboldened to demand equality—start a cooking strike.'