We are a Toronto-based production company dedicated to making challenging, character-driven films that tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.
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7 Mar 2024
Thank you to the @TheCdnAcademy for our six nominations, including Best Historical Documentary, Best Writing and Best Direction by @shephardm
#CdnScreenAwards #TheManWhoStoleEinsteinsBrain
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13 Feb 2024
Did you know… buff-tailed bumblebees use their buzz to extract pollen and it is the same frequency as the musical note D.
Secret World of Sound
Premieres Thursday, February 15th 9 PM ET
on @CBC and @cbcgem
@cbcdocs #TheNatureOfThings
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23 Jan 2024
Cindy Ali is finally free. On Friday, January 19, 2024 a judge acquitted her of all charges in the death of her daughter Cynara. Her family and her church community stood beside her as they have since the beginning.
@cbcdocs @InnocenceCanada #Cynara
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23 Jan 2024
So excited for @tokillatigerdoc!!!
23 Jan 2024
🎉🤩 @NishaPahuja's TO KILL A TIGER (@tokillatigerdoc) is nominated for the #Documentary Feature Film Oscar®! ✨ Thank you to @TheAcademy, and congrats to everyone who helped make this film possible.
Watch now for free in #Canada → bit.ly/ToKillaTiger #NFB #OscarNoms
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22 Jan 2024
Hey Canada!
If you missed our film, "The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain" at @HotDocs, you can now stream it on @cbcgem!
Watch what @POVmagazine called "a blackly comic saga of hubris and a fetishistic genius cult."
gem.cbc.ca/the-man-who-stole…
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20 Jan 2024
Justice for Cindy!
Cindy Ali, who was previously found guilty in the death of her daughter, has been acquitted in a retrial. Friends and supporters gathered to receive the long-awaited verdict.
Photos: Michelle Shephard
#Cynara #CindyAli #torontonews #innocencecanada
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19 Jan 2024
'It feels good to be free': Cindy Ali acquitted of daughter's murder in retrial.
Watch on @CBCNews
cbc.ca/player/play/230179283…
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19 Jan 2024
“Ontario Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly handed down the verdict to a courtroom full of Cindy Ali’s family, friends, and supporters. She also found Ali not guilty of the lesser offences of second-degree murder and manslaughter.” @ctvnews @CTVToronto
toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-m…
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19 Jan 2024
“Toronto mother Cindy Ali has been found not guilty in the sudden death of her severely disabled daughter in a verdict — met with applause in a packed courtroom Friday morning — that brings to an end a prosecution that spanned two trials and more than a decade.” @Jleerankin
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4 Jan 2024
Voting for nominations is now open for members of the Canadian Academy @TheCdnAcademy. Keep an eye out for CYNARA and vote by January 19!
academy.ca/
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27 Dec 2023
A prosecution theory that Cindy Ali loved her 16-year-old daughter Cynara so much that she smothered her to end her suffering amounts to “rank speculation” — a baseless motive plucked from “thin air,” her legal team argued at the close of Ali’s 2nd trial.
thestar.com/news/gta/toronto…
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22 Dec 2023
The prosecutor seeking to convict Cindy Ali in the 2011 death of her disabled daughter said during final arguments that the murder was carried out as an act of mercy to relieve the girl from suffering –a theory the defense said was “plucked from thin air” and based on stereotypes
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22 Dec 2023
– a theory the defense said the theory was “plucked from thin air” and based on stereotypes.
- via @CTVToronto
#cynara
toronto.ctvnews.ca/home-inva…
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18 Dec 2023
Documentary films can shed light on some of the worst failures in criminal justice. Here are a few that have inspired us:
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18 Dec 2023
A Murder in the Park (2014) - A former death-row inmate who was spared the death penalty thanks to the efforts of a college journalism program - was actually guilty, and an innocent man was sent to prison. Directed by @shawnrech, Brandon Kimber
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18 Dec 2023
The Innocence Files (2020): Based on the work of The Innocence Project, this miniseries unpacks several wrongful conviction cases. Directed by Roger Ross Williams, Jed Rothstein, Sarah Dowland, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, and Andy Grieve.
#documentaryfilm #criminaljustice
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12 Dec 2023
“We’re still together, we’re still strong and we’re still a family,”
"After being convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter, Cynara, in 2016 and successfully appealing that conviction five years later, Cindy's retrial began in October."
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12 Dec 2023
In the more than a decade since Cynara’s death, the Ali family has repeatedly sworn that she was deeply loved and celebrated.
Watch the story on @CTVToronto:
toronto.ctvnews.ca/we-re-sti…
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