Two Hot Docs board members resign as beleaguered film festival marks opening weekend

As the Hot Docs film festival celebrates the opening weekend of its 31st edition under a cloud of financial uncertainty and fraught politics, two members of its board have departed. “Hot Docs can confirm Barry Avrich and Laura Curtis Ferrera have resigned from the Hot Docs board for personal reasons,” Robin Mirsky, co-chair of the board, said in a statement issued to The Globe and Mail on Saturday. “We thank both for their contributions to the organization, and support of …