Canadian documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich joins us at TIFF Bell Lightbox for the premiere of his latest film Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project.

Unauthorized tackles another notorious mainstay of the entertainment industry in this warts and all portrait of Miramax founder Harvey Weinstein. Starting out as concert promoter on the streets of Buffalo, Weinstein and his brother Bob turned their scrappy independent distribution company into a major Hollywood player, defining the North American art-house marketplace with risk-taking hits. Along with Weinstein’s success came a generous helping of controversy fuelled by his curse-filled rants, his reshaping of the annual awards season with his hard-sell campaigning, and his wholesale suppression of films he acquired from major filmmakers. Featuring interviews with numerous industry insiders and members of the Hollywood creative community -- including Martin Scorsese, director James Ivory, Variety editor Peter Bart and TIFF’s own Piers Handling -- Unauthorized is a fascinating and uncensored look at a modern mogul.