2009 Canadian film
| Broke |
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| Directed by | Rosvita Dransfeld |
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| Written by | Rosvita Dransfeld |
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| Produced by | Rosvita Dransfeld |
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| Starring | David Woolfson
Chris Hoard |
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| Cinematography | Sergio Olivares |
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| Edited by | Scott Parker |
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| Music by | Louis Sedmark
Van Wilmott |
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Production
company | ID Productions |
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| Distributed by | TVOntario |
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Release date | |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
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| Country | Canada |
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| Language | English |
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Broke is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rosvita Dransfeld and released in 2009.[1] The film centres on the friendship between David Woolfson, a pawn shop owner in Edmonton, Alberta, and Chris Hoard, an ex-convict who volunteers as an assistant to Woolfson in the shop.[1]
The film premiered at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[2] and was screened at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival[3] and the 2009 Global Visions Film Festival,[1] before having its television premiere on March 3, 2010 as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here.[4]
The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010.[5]
Hoard was again featured in Dransfeld's 2014 film Anti-Social Limited,[6] which was a Donald Brittain Award nominee at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Jamie Hall, "A heartbreaking glimpse into poverty; Powerful documentary aims its lens at an Edmonton pawnshop". Edmonton Journal, November 5, 2009.
- ^ Liz Braun, "Curtain up for Hot Docs". Toronto Sun, March 25, 2009.
- ^ Glen Schaefer, "VIFF reviews". The Province, October 8, 2009.
- ^ "TVO presents its March 2010 Media Highlights". Canada NewsWire, February 4, 2010.
- ^ Jamie Hall, "Edmonton filmmaker brings home a Gemini". Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2010.
- ^ Eric Volmers, "Anti-social ex-con talks of lonely life". Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2014.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.
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