| Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule | |
| Director: | Lynne Fernie Aerlyn Weissman |
| Producer: | Rina Fraticelli |
| Starring: | Jane Rule |
| Music: | Kathryn Moses |
| Editing: | Cathy Gulkin |
| Studio: | Great Jane Productions |
| Distributor: | Filmmakers Library |
| Runtime: | 57 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
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]