1995 Canadian documentary film
| Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule |
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| Directed by | Lynne Fernie
Aerlyn Weissman |
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| Produced by | Rina Fraticelli |
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| Starring | Jane Rule |
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| Edited by | Cathy Gulkin |
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| Music by | Kathryn Moses |
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Production
company | Great Jane Productions |
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| Distributed by | Filmmakers Library |
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Release date |
- January 9, 1995 (1995-01-09)
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Running time | 57 minutes |
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| Country | Canada |
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| Language | English |
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Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman and released in 1995.[1] The film is a portrait of influential lesbian writer and anti-censorship activist Jane Rule.[2]
The film premiered on January 9, 1995 at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto, at a gala benefit for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives,[3] before having its television premiere as the debut episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here on January 11.[4] It subsequently screened theatrically elsewhere in Canada, including at a benefit screening for Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver during its censorship dispute with the Canada Border Services Agency.[5]
The film won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996.[6]
References
- ^ Peter Birnie, "Moving pictures of women". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 1995.
- ^ Sandra Martin, "B.C. novelist wrote a cult classic and became a lesbian role model". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 2007.
- ^ Rick Bébout, "Jane rules". Xtra!, January 2, 1995.
- ^ Bonnie Malleck, "Liberty Street and View from Here : Pair of Canadian series debut". Waterloo Region Record, January 11, 1995.
- ^ Jeani Read, "Day to recall how far we have come". The Province, March 8, 1995.
- ^ John Griffin, "Le Confessional win bittersweet; Canada's top film fails to challenge Margaret's Museum in the numbers game". Ottawa Citizen, January 15, 1996.
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