TIFF Announces Doc Lineup Including World Premiere Of ‘In Her Hands’ From EPs Hillary & Chelsea Clinton; World Cinema Slate Also Set

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton now have double the reason to head to the Toronto International Film Festival next month.

TIFF unveiled its documentary lineup today, which includes the world premiere of In Her Hands, a film executive produced by the Clintons through their banner Hidden Light.The fest also unveiled its Contemporary World Cinema slate; see the full lineups below.Hillary and Chelsea were previously announced as attending the festival in support of Gutsy, their upcoming Apple TV+ documentary series that “features intimate conversations with trailblazing women including Kim Kardashian, Meghan Thee Stallion, Jane Goodall, Gloria Steinem, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson and many more.”In Her Hands, directed by Tamana Ayazi and Oscar nominee Marcel Mettelsiefen, focuses on another gutsy woman—Afghan politician Zarifa Ghafari—who became, at the age of 26, the youngest woman to serve as a mayor of an Afghan city.

Netflix will release the film later this year.“This was filmed last year,” notes TIFF’s chief documentary programmer Thom Powers. “Monday was the [first] anniversary of the Taliban’s retaking of Afghanistan.

And that is the backdrop for this film.”Powers predicts In Her Hands will factor into awards season as the calendar year advances, a happy fate he forecasts for several other newly-announced TIFF documentaries (scroll down for the complete lineup).“[Among] the other films I would anticipate being part of the awards conversation, one is Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues,” Powers tells Deadline. “It’s playing as our opening night selection, backed by Apple and directed by Sacha Jenkins, a real veteran music journalist. [Another] is Laura