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- 2012-2014 (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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One hour documentary. First aired in 2014 on TVO.
A three year investigation comes together in this documentary. Many large Canadian corporations use the banking system in the Cayman Islands to avoid paying large billions of tax dollars, depriving Canadians of the huge revenue it should be receiving. The investigation reveals though, that these actions are all legal, and that Canadian tax lawyers are some of the best in the world. The documentary follows a fair-tax campaigner, and many others who play a part in both advocating in off-shore tax heavens, and those who wish for this practice to become illegal.