Hot Docs at Home
| Hot Docs at Home | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary films |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC Television |
| Original release | April 16 – May 28, 2020 |
Hot Docs at Home is a Canadian television programming block, which premiered April 16, 2020 on CBC Television.[1] Introduced as a special series during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the series aired several feature documentary films that had been scheduled to premiere at the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival before its postponement.[2] The films aired on CBC Television at 8 p.m. EST on Thursdays and on the CBC's Documentary Channel later the same evening, and were made available for streaming on the CBC Gem platform.
During the same period, the Documentary Channel also aired a number of older documentary films which were screened at past editions of the Hot Docs festival.[3]
Schedule
Films broadcast on the series were:[4]
- April 16: Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art - Barry Avrich
- April 23: 9/11 Kids - Elizabeth St. Phillip
- April 30: Finding Sally - Tamara Mariam Dawit
- May 7: Meat the Future - Liz Marshall
- May 14: They Call Me Dr. Miami - Jean-Simon Chartier
- May 21: Influence - Richard Poplak and Diana Neille
- May 28: The Walrus and the Whistleblower - Nathalie Bibeau
References
- ↑ Victoria Ahearn, "Hot Docs to screen some films through CBC after festival postponed". Canadian Press, April 6, 2020.
- ↑ Jordan Pinto, "CBC, Hot Docs team for ‘festival-at-home’ experience". Playback, April 6, 2020.
- ↑ "Hot Docs films migrate to CBC, Gem". Toronto Star, April 6, 2020.
- ↑ Kevin Ritchie, "Hot Docs 2020 movies to premiere on CBC Gem". Now, April 6, 2020.
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