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- 2007-2009 (Creation)
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Located in downtown Toronto, Cogent/Benger Productions was founded in 1998 and has produced a large variety of documentaries and specials. The focus on many of their documentaries are major social issues, thus creating a large appeal to their work. Robin Benger and Christopher Sumpton are the founding partners of the company. Benger had experience in Canadian journalism and documentary filmmaking, and Sumpton had worked at CBC editing and working on documentaries. Together they made In Security (Hot Docs 1998 nominee best political/social issue documentary) and Eastside Showdown (Gemini Awards 1999 nominee best social/political documentary) before finally teaming up to make Cogent/Benger Productions.
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2 one-hour documentaries. First aired in 2008.
China has recently entered a new era for its religious tolerance. This documentary is told in two parts. The first focuses on the resurgence and rebirth of Indigenous faiths like Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. The second part focuses on the quick expansion of Christianity in China, and how many are forces to make the decision to worship either openly or behind closed doors. Many people are interviewed and documented in this two part series. Their ideas, beliefs, and methods of practice are recorded and set in one of the largest countries in the world.