Act of God

Whenever Baichwal and her cinematographer/co-producer/husband Nick de Pencier turn their attention heavenward, the resulting skyscapes dazzle: blinding white canvases that gloriously resolve themselves into cloud formations, and roiling thunderheads spitting bolts in all directions. ... Full Article

Paul Auster is one of the first subjects. You may know Auster as the writer of one of my favorite screenplays, "Smoke", which was turned into a 1995 fiim directed by Wayne Wang starring Harvey Keitel and William Hurt. ... Full Article

Alison Broverman is an arts reporter and occasional playwright. She tries to stay out of the rain. Heather Beattie is a Winnipeg-based archivist. Ann McDougall is a Toronto-based writer, teacher and theatre artist. ... Full Article

The Toronto filmmaker follows the structured destruction of her award-winning Manufactured Landscapes with the elusive entropy of nature's most electrifying moment. She's interested in how people react to an encounter that lasts one-1000th of second, yet changes lives forever. ... Full Article

Act of God has a terrific cast of characters. Baichwal interviews people whose lives have been changed forever by lightning, including the playwright James O'Reilly, who has written about the strike he survived almost 30 years ago, and who acts... ... Full Article

Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwald's new documentary Act of God examines the phenomenon of being struck by lighting. (Alex Hermant/Mongrel Media) A month ago, Jennifer Baichwal secured the opening spot at the Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto with Act of God... ... Full Article