This edition of Doc Now gathers eight gazes that converge in a space where they interrogate ways of storytelling, and emmanate in different directions towards the peripheral to find paths that consider and care for the protagonists and participants of the stories. By gazing towards the intimate, the communal, the imaginary, and the real, we respond to a narrative practice that aims to alter affects, and rethink stories that incite a change in the real world. As storytellers, narrators, and creators of images, sounds and texts, we’re interweaved by a responsibility towards the ways we represent our realities and those of others, and the creative potential to find other ways of conceiving what’s real.

What Ales Us? by Cathy van Ingen

Two women reckon with a broken beer industry in Canada and start a movement to change it.

Director's Note: As I watched the #MeToo-style reckoning unfolding in the craft beer industry, I was drawn to the stories of women, like Brienne Allen, Erin Brandson, and Ren Navarro, who began sharing experiences of sexual harassment, assault, homophobia, and racism. The stories included accusations against some of the beer world’s most acclaimed breweries. As I dug deeper into beer history, I learned that women used to dominate beer making – and I wanted to know what changed. This film explores the battle brewing in the industry and what happens to the women who speak out.