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Guest host Angie Reza Tures, Filmmaker and documentary film instructor

The nation's largest Film Critics group, the Critics Choice Association, has published its nominees for its upcoming Documentary Film Awards. Fortunately, most of the titles are available to view at home via streaming services. In this edition of On Film, guest host Angie Reza Tures welcomes our main host for this show, Charles Horak, to discuss this year's nominees for best documentary films. Charles is also a voting member of the Critics Choice Association (CCA), and he has some recommendations to stream at home.

The Critics Choice Association (CCA) is a group of broadcast, radio and online critics as well as entertainment journalists who review films and documentaries as well as scripted and unscripted television. Founded 28 years ago by Joey Berlin, Rod Lurie and 42 founding members, the CCA is now the largest critics organization in the U.S. and Canada with more than 580 members.

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Originally aired on November 2, 2024

Charles Horak didn't sleep much as a child, preferring instead to watch movies on late night TV. Not much has changed since then, except that he now shares his life-long passion for movies with others. Horak's association with On Film began in the summer of 2002 when he was interviewed by the show's originator, Cynthia Haines. In the summer of 2005, Horak took over for Haines as host of the show.
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.