HotDocs 2021 began on April 29 and runs officially to May 9. For the hard core doc fans, the unlimited access pass gives an extra 10 days to watch films stretching the online festival out to May 19. I will post reviews of films here from time to time over this period.

Most films are still available to ticket buyers until May 9. Even after that viewing period, the good films are worth watching for if they show up on streaming services, TV channels like TVO or PBS, or, when we can return to them, real live theatres.

The films reviewed here were screened on Thursday, April 29 through Saturday, May 1.

Apologies to those looking for transit articles. I’ve been at the movies!

Reviewed here:

• Crack: Cocaine, Conspiracy & Corruption
• Hysterical
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
• Come Back Anytime
• A River Runs, Turns, Replaces, Erases
• The Caviar Connection
• The Last Forest
• Taming the Garden