Get real: 11 essential events at Montreal documentary fest RIDM

Documentary cinema is alive and well in Quebec, as evidenced by the 157 films in the 21st Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), which takes place from Thursday, Nov. 8 through Sunday, Nov. 18.
Of those, 50 — nearly a third — are by Quebec directors; and 81 — over half — are directed by women, making RIDM one of our city’s most gender-equitable film festivals.
Far from the stuffy, talking-head stereotype of documentaries of old, today&