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  • 2010
    • June
      • Pedal Power at Bike Month
        18/06/10
        A special screening of Pedal Power took place on June 17 as part of Toronto's Bike Month celebrations. Hosted by Cinecycle and Janet Bike Girl, the film was preceded by a special performance by local musician/composer Donald Quan on his "bikrophone", a sculpture-cum-musical instrument

  • 2009
    • September
      • Pedal Power in Globe & Mail
        15/09/09
        Pedal Power, Cogent/Benger's film on the bicycle revolution, is the subject of Anthony Reinhart's article "Confessions of a Bicycle Hoarder" in the Globe & Mail. Reinhart observes that the film provides a glimpse into the daily life of Toronto's most notorious bike repai

    • June
      • China Doc rebroadcast on Vision
        04/06/09
        1. Cogent/Benger's two part series on religion in China, directed by Chris Sumpton and Paul Webster, was re-broadcast on Vision TV June 4th. John Doyle in the Globe and Mail tagged it as one to watch, describing as "excellent".






    • March
      • Recession and the documentary filmmaker
        07/03/09
        Very very few people, I suspect, get into documentary filmmaking to make money. Until very recently , that is. Michael Moore's top-grossing Fahrenheit 9/11 ( which made 119 million) changed that for maybe 5 percent of the trade.
        Actually Michael has 3 of the top six, according to http://w

    • January
      • A tribute to a great fighter..Helen Suzman
        02/01/09
        Public figures, in the end, depend for their legacy on the unknown people whose lives they affected.

        In South Africa 1969 I joined a delegation of Christian students from Wits University on a trip to the University of the North at Turfloop, a three hour drive north of Johannesburg. It was

      • Madiba into Orbit.
        02/01/09
        The documentary "Madiba; the Life and Times of Nelson Mandela" has been chosen by the Canadian astronaut Dr Robert Thirsk as one of 5 he will take to the space station in May. Madiba was made by Robin Benger for Mark Starowicz and the Life and Times crew at the CBC Doc Unit.

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  • 2008
    • December
      • Toronto Star Reviews Pharma Sutra
        03/12/08
        BRUCE DEMARA - ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER
        "Ever since a blue pill called Viagra started getting a rise out of men – and became a billion-dollar pharmaceutical "blockbuster" in the process – it was just a matter of time (and scientific engineering) before a drug to enhance or restore

    • November
      • Desire Drug Film Launched
        14/11/08
        The Race for the Next Great Sex Drug is on in PHARMA SUTRA, the CTV Documentary to be aired Saturday, December 6 at 7pm EST.
        The compelling one-hour documentary takes an in-depth look at the debate surrounding the multi-billion dollar race to approve the first female sex drug.


    • October
      • "Hurricanes" take Paris by storm.
        30/10/08
        How To Stop A Hurricane took the 2008 Pariscience film festival by storm. Part human drama and part technological exploration, How To Stop A Hurricane is a fantastic science thriller about one of nature’s greatest forces, and Man’s attempt to contain it. The film uses an imaginative mix of computer

    • July
      • China's Leap of Faith hits front page
        20/07/08
        China’s Leap Of Faith hits the front page. Cogent/Benger's new two-part exploration of the phenomenal religious comeback in China attracts media attention prior to airing on VisionTV. English and Chinese language news outlets pick up on the pre-Olympics treatment of one of China’s most sensitiv