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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 ...
Posted on 17 June 2010 | 8:00 pm
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 ...
Posted on 14 September 2009 | 8:00 pm
China Doc rebroadcast on Vision
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".
Posted on 3 June 2009 | 8:00 pm
Recession and the documentary filmmaker
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://www.box ...
Posted on 7 March 2009 | 7:00 pm
A tribute to a great fighter..Helen Suzman
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 a so-called ...
Posted on 2 January 2009 | 7:00 pm
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."I like th ...
Posted on 1 January 2009 | 7:00 pm
Toronto Star Reviews Pharma Sutra
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 th ...
Posted on 2 December 2008 | 7:00 pm
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. Toronto, ON (November ...
Posted on 13 November 2008 | 7:00 pm
"Hurricanes" take Paris by storm.
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 compu ...
Posted on 29 October 2008 | 8:00 pm
China's Leap of Faith hits front page
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 sens ...
Posted on 19 July 2008 | 8:00 pm
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