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Courtney Small

@smallmind.bsky.social
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Creator: Black Canadian Film. Freelance Film Critic: POV Magazine, Exclaim!, That Shelf, Cinema Axis. Co-host: Frameline. Member: OFCS, GALECA, AAFCA, Rotten Tomatoes. Golden Globes.

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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
ICYMI on FRAMELINE (@radioregent), @smallmind.bsky.social & I talked about even more #tiff2026 films in part 2 of our coverage. Titles in comments. Available wherever you get your free pods or just click 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/454c...
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ICYMI: @smallmind.bsky.social & I began our #tiff2026 coverage at FRAMELINE! Available wherever you get your free pods or just click 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/6c8M...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hip-Hop artists Jessica Ford, Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Tim “2oolman” Hill share the trials of cutting it in the music biz in Alexandra Lazarowich's feature debut Turtle Island Rap, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #tiff26 povmagazine.com/turtle-islan...
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Turtle Island Rap Review: The Non-Stop Hustle of Hip Hop - POV Magazine
Turtle Island Rap review: Hip-Hop artists Jessica Ford, Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Tim “2oolman” Hill share the trials of cutting it in the music biz.
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
For @exclaimdotca.bsky.social I spoke with Boots Riley about his enjoyable new film I Love Boosters. exclaim.ca/film/article...
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Boots Riley's 'I Love Boosters' Creates a Fantastical World for Real-Life Struggle: "The Working Class Can Have Control" │ Exclaim!
"We're fighting to use what our power is in the world," the director and musician says of his latest film
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
təm kʷaθ nan Namesake is an enthralling look at how the past and present impact our ability to move forward on the land together, writes @smallmind.bsky.social. #HotDocs26 #DOXA2026 povmagazine.com/t%c9%99m-k%c...
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təm kʷaθ nan Namesake Review: Reconciliation Is More than a Word - POV Magazine
təm kʷaθ nan Namesake review: Members of the Tla’amin First Nation and voices in the settler community join forces in a campaign over naming rights.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Sámi reindeer herders go toe to toe with the Norwegian government in Let Our Mountains Live when an energy project sets up shop on their land. #hotdocs26 povmagazine.com/let-our-moun...
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Let Our Mountains Live Review: Sámi Herders Stand Strong - POV Magazine
Let Our Mountains Live review: Sámi reindeer herders go toe to toe with the Norwegian government when an energy project sets up shop on their land.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Nekai Foster shares his journey to recovery after being caught in the crosshairs of a shooting in Toronto's Jane & Finch neighbourhood in NEKAI WALKS. #hotdocs26 povmagazine.com/nekai-walks-...
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Nekai Walks Review: Peeling Back the Layers of Gun Violence - POV Magazine
Nekai Walks review: Nekai Foster shares his journey to recovery after being caught in the crosshairs of a shooting in Toronto's Jane & Finch neighbourhood.
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ICYMI on FRAMELINE: @smallmind.bsky.social and I chat about the wide variety on hand at this year’s #hotdocs26 @hotdocs.bsky.social Listen wherever you get your pods or just click here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/5CkX...
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Ryan McNeil @matinee.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Toronto band. Toronto movie. Toronto guest. New #matineecast this morning with @smallmind.bsky.social dropping by to discuss NIRVANNA: THE BAND, THE SHOW, THE MOVIE. Come join us! #FilmSky #CanadianFilm #PodcastSky www.thematinee.ca/episode365/
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Episode 365 – NIRVANNA: THE BAND, THE SHOW, THE MOVIE
Talkin’ Matthew Johnson’s new film with Courtney Small
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
ICYMI: @smallmind.bsky.social and I talked about what’s new (and exciting) in theatres now! Reviews of Pillion; Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie; Montreal, My Beautiful; Sirat and My Father's Shadow. Available wherever you get podcasts or just click here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/75Qw...
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
ICYMI on Frameline: @smallmind.bsky.social and presented part two of our chat about some of the great films from #Sundance2026 (full list of titles in comments) Available free wherever you get your podcasts or just click here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/1PPI...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Now streaming, @smallmind.bsky.social says AN AMERICAN PASTORAL finds "a perfect microcosm of America’s current shift towards conservative extremism" as it observes a push for book banning in schools. povmagazine.com/an-american-...
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An American Pastoral Review: A Culture War on the Battlefield of Education - POV Magazine
An American Pastoral review: this snapshot of America's education system is a reminder of a culture war that hurts those who need education the most.
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🚨Cover Story🚨 I had the pleasure of speaking with Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol about their wonderful film Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social The film hits theatres next Friday (Feb 13th) and is one of the year’s must-see comedies. Piece in thread below: 👇🏿
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Mega thread of all the #Sundance documentary winners! 🏆 Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary, NUISANCE BEAR by Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman (they're Canadian!) is smarter than the average bear. 🐻‍❄️ povmagazine.com/nuisance-bea...
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Nuisance Bear Review: This One's Just Right - POV Magazine
Nuisance Bear review: Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman brilliantly expand their 2021 short film about polar bears forced off their natural migration path in Churchill, Manitoba.
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Always interesting to see which actor and director top my @letterboxd.social Year in Review each year. Would love to see these two work together.
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Exclaim! @exclaimdotca.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Exclaim!’s 13 Best TV Series of 2025
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Exclaim!’s 13 Best TV Series of 2025
Let's face it — the best television we, as a nation, watched this year was the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2025 Major League Baseball
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Exclaim! @exclaimdotca.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Exclaim!'s 20 Best Films of 2025
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Exclaim!'s 20 Best Films of 2025
This year marks 130 years since the Lumière brothers changed the world with their short films, birthing cinema and laying the groundwork
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
ICYMI on FRAMELINE: @smallmind.bsky.social & I chatted about the latest releases— The History of Sound, Nouvelle Vague, A House of Dynamite, The Lowdown Available wherever you get your podcasts or just click 👇 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Really great conversation in this episode. 👇🏿
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
ICYMI on FRAMELINE: @smallmind.bsky.social & I chatted new releases — Blue Moon; Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere; Love, Harold; Eephus. Free wherever you get your podcasts or just click 👇 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/n...
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
ICYMI: @smallmind.bsky.social and I presented our 2nd show on #tiff50 celebrations ! 🎉 See comments for list of films. Listen wherever you get your pods or just click here: open.spotify.com/episode/51AR...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
In A Simple Soldier, cameraperson Artem Ryzhykov provides a first-hand account of war with hopes that his lens is a 'weapon' to bring change, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #tiff50 povmagazine.com/a-simple-sol...
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A Simple Soldier Review: An Unflinching Look From the Front Lines - POV Magazine
A Simple Solider review: cameraperson Artem Ryzhykov provides a first-hand account of war with hopes that his lens is a 'weapon' to bring change.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising revisits the 1974 Ojibway Warriors occupation of Anicinabe Park in response to violence and systemic racism. @smallmind.bsky.social reviews from #TIFF50 povmagazine.com/ni-naadamaad...
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Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising Review - An Occupation for Change - POV Magazine
Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising Review: Shane Belcourt's documentary revisits the 1974 Ojibway Warriors occupation of Anicinabe Park.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
True North shows how the Canadian dream turned into a nightmare for a group of Haitian students who were seeking a better life with the 1969 student occupation in Montreal writes @smallmind.bsky.social #tiff50 povmagazine.com/true-north-r...
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True North Review: The Power of Student Protest - POV Magazine
True North review: Michèle Stephenson's documentary shows how the Canadian dream turned into a nightmare for a group of Haitian students who were seeking a better life.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
- @patmullen.bsky.social looks at STILL SINGLE and Masaki Saito's work hard/play hard lifestyle - @filmfest.bsky.social intvws Min Sook Lee about her most personal work - @smallmind.bsky.social talks Black Zombie & Haitian Vodou w/ @mayaannik.bsky.social povmagazine.com/issue-124-fa...
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Issue 124 - Fall/Winter 2025 - POV Magazine
POV Magazine issue 124 (Fall/Winter2025) looks at new documentaries on the circuit including Still Single, Lilith Fair, and Modern Whore.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Refusing to remain in the structural confines that society expects of them is what makes the works of artists like Steve McQueen, Kahlil Joseph, Mati Diop, John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien and Alice Diop so invigorating," writes @smallmind.bsky.social in a new essay 📝 povmagazine.com/shifting-for...
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Shifting Forms: Black Auteurs Explore Diverse Canvases - POV Magazine
The essay explores the genre-fluidity and mixed-media approaches employed by several Black artists to create path-breaking documentaries.
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LeesahSea @leesahsea.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New to theatres this weekend, 40 ACRES is the must-see Canadian thriller of the summer. A great feature debut from writer/director R.T.Thorne. 📽️
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Norm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The rare Canadian film that plays like a summer action thriller. Which it is, now!
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Spoke with filmmaker R.T. Thorne and actor Michael Greyeyes about their great film 40 Acres for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social. The film hit cinemas this week and is well worth your time. exclaim.ca/film/article...
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R.T. Thorne Mines History to Create a Futuristic Thriller Unlike Any Other: "Deeper Conversation Can Be Had" │ Exclaim!
"I wanted to be informed by [colonial trauma], but I didn't want that to be the main element," the filmmaker says of '40 Acres'
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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
some news: in 2026, i will become the president and owner of @milestonefilms.bsky.social, the distribution home of charles burnett, kathleen collins, bridgett m. davis, and many others. to be a champion of cinema is my life’s greatest honor & pleasure. learn more: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/m...
a screenshot of the new york times profile that announces me taking over milestone films. the headline reads “At Milestone Films, Passing the Torch, but Keeping the Flame Alive”, the subhed reads “The distributor's owners, Amy Heller and Dennis Doros, made the unusual choice to give it away.
Their successor is Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive.”
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
#Betrayal tells the story of the downfall of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor and that of Cindor Reeves, a family member who fought for peace at a personal cost. @smallmind.bsky.social reviews from #HotDocs25 povmagazine.com/betrayal-rev...
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Betrayal Review: The Price of Doing What’s Right - POV Magazine
Betrayal review: The downfall of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor is told with the story of Cindor Reeves, a family member who fought for peace at a personal cost.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
An American Pastoral offers a snapshot of America's education system that's a reminder of a culture war that hurts those who need education the most, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #hotdocs25 povmagazine.com/an-american-...
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An American Pastoral Review: A Culture War on the Battlefield of Education - POV Magazine
An American Pastoral review: this snapshot of America's education system is a reminder of a culture war that hurts those who need education the most.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
GHOSTS OF THE SEA offers a haunting exploration of lost as a filmmaker revisits the disappearances of her father and brother, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #HotDocs25 povmagazine.com/ghosts-of-th...
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Ghosts of the Sea Review: Sailing the Turbulent Waters of Closure - POV Magazine
Ghosts of the Sea review: Virginia Tangvald explores two stories of loss in her family as she revisits the disappearances of her father and brother at sea.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Director Ryan Sidhoo observes a team of athletes training for the luge on the old track in Bosnia and Herzegovina in The Track. @smallmind.bsky.social reviews from #HotDocs25 povmagazine.com/the-track-re...
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The Track Review: Olympic Size Heart and Resilience - POV Magazine
The Track review: Director Ryan Sidhoo observes a team of athletes training for the luge on the old track in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Barbara Goslawski @bgos923.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
ICYMI on FRAMELINE: @smallmind.bsky.social and I highlighted just a few of the amazing films @hotdocs.bsky.social #hotdocs2025 Available wherever you get your podcasts or just click here 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/2MUz...
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
"Sinners" opened to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It had a bigger opening weekend box office than 9 of the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Picture. Yet, mainstream media is questioning whether Ryan Coogler's magnum opus is a success Let them
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With ‘Sinners,’ White Hollywood Is Moving Goalposts on Black Cinema Again
Ryan Coogler's Black vampire epic topped the box office in its opening weekend, but some in the media wanted to focus on whether the film would make a profit. WTF?
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 08/04/2025
RED ROOMS, featuring a Q&A with director Pascal Plante in-person Monday, April 28, 8pm The Paradise, Toronto
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Village Keeper is now in theatres. I spoke with director Karen Chapman about motherhood, mental health, and trusting your instincts.
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Finally created a @letterboxd.social list for films on the Black Canadian Film website (including international movies directed by Black Canadian filmmakers): boxd.it/F0ff6
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Black Canadian Film
A list of Black Canadian cinema, and films by Black Canadian filmmakers, found in the Black Canadian Film database. Black Canadian Film is a website dedicated to celebrating amplifying Black cinema an...
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Day 28 - Silver Dollar Road (2023) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Day 27 - Nickel Boys (2024) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Day 26 - The Inspection (2022) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Day 25 - The People Under the Stairs (1991) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Day 24 - Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Day 23 - Selah and the Spades (2020) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Day 22 - Attica (2021) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Day 21 - The Photograph (2020) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Day 20 - Soul Food (1997) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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Courtney Small @smallmind.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Day 19 - The Gospel According to André (2018) #blackhistorymonth #blackcinema
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