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Marlee Matlin, Bellingcat Co-Founder, Brazilian Televangelist Among Subjects of Special Presentation Titles at Hot Docs
Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, has unveiled the first slate of films to screen as part of its Special Presentations program.
Subjects include Oscar-winning actor Marlee Matlin, Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist and co-founder of Bellingcat, Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi, and Silas Malafaia, Brazil’s most prominent televangelist, in the latest film from Petra Costa, Oscar-nominated for “The Edge of Democracy.” International premieres include “Deaf President Now!,” a chronicle of the landmark student protest that transformed accessibility rights in the U.S.; and “Life After,” in which filmmaker Reid Davenport investigates the troubling implications of assisted suicide laws for disabled people. Making their Canadian premieres are “Antidote,” a real-life thriller following investigative journalist Christo Grozev, co-founder of Bellingcat, and political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza as they challenge Russia’s political machine; “Apocalypse in the Tropics,” Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petra Costa’s look at the rise of religious fundamentalism in Brazil; “Coexistence, My Ass!,” where comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi navigates the Israel-Palestine conflict with razor-sharp wit; “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” a portrait of the trailblazing Deaf actor; and “Saints and Warriors,” which captures the fierce competition and community spirit of the All Native Basketball Tournament in British Columbia.
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