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CBC launches Hot Docs festival-at-home experience

TORONTO — CBC and the Hot Docs documentary festival are partnering to bring a multiplatform festival-at-home experience to Canadians, providing access to 2020 Hot Docs Festival premieres on Thursday nights starting April 16. Following the postponement of the 2020 Hot Docs Festival due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a selection of exclusive first-run feature documentaries that would have debuted at the festival will now premiere on CBC, Documentary Channel, and for free on streamer CBC Gem. CBC and Hot Docs have also partnered to expand the at-home audience experience with interactive, livestreamed Q&As with filmmakers and other original digital content at...