David Schwartz, the Chief Curator of the Museum of Moving Image and editor at large of the indispensible Moving Image Source, delivers his TIFF doc picks:

ONCE UPON A TIME PROLETARIAN: 12 TALES OF A COUNTRY - Looks like a fascinating attempt to fuse a literary, poetic approach to documentary to examine contemporary China, by a woman director and novelist who also has a fiction feature film, She, A Chinese, in the Festival.

IN COMPARISON - An experimental documentary, shot on beloved 16mm film, that looks at brick production around the world. Hopefully, it will be both an insightful look at the global economy and a rich cinematic experience.

GOOD HAIR (pictured) - It's still hard to believe what Chris Rock got away with as host of the Oscars-skewering celebrity worship and revealing racism in Hollywood's attitude towards black audiences. He's the most incisive, and of course funniest commentator on African-American life, so I'm eagerly looking forward to seeing him tackle this loaded cultural topic.

L'ENFER DE HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT - Film archivist extraordinaire Serge Bromberg opens a Pandora's Box of film footage from an unfinished movie by the director of Diabolique. By showing raw and edited footage, and interviewing crew members who talk about the project, this film may give us a very rare look at a great director's artistic process.