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How Toronto Documentaries Use Innovative Methods to Reach New Audiences: ‘You Need a Different Lens’


How Toronto docs like ‘Piece by Piece’ and ‘Patrice’ use innovative methods to grab new audiences.

Documentaries have flooded streaming services and arthouse theaters for years, with good reason: They’re usually the most inexpensive indie films to produce and can spark cultural conversations that attract big audiences. “Space Cowboy,” from directors Marah Strauch (who helmed the 2014 BASE-jumping doc “Sunshine Superman”) and Bryce Leavitt, uses incredible images to capture the work of aerial stunt cinematographer Joe Jennings. Like “Patrice,” Olivier Sarbil’s “Viktor” attempts to capture the subjective experience of its title protagonist, a Deaf person volunteering as a war photographer during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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