Prince's Tale Explained

Prince's Tale
Director:Jamie Miller
Producer:Jamie Miller
Starring:Prince Amponsah
Music:Casey Manierka-Quaile
Cinematography:Ryan Haas
Editing:Thom Smalley
Runtime:13 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Prince's Tale is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Jamie Miller and released in 2018.[1] The film profiles Prince Amponsah, a Toronto actor rebuilding his career as a performer after an apartment fire which left his body badly scarred and resulted in the amputation of both of his arms.[2]

The film premiered at the 2018 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary.[3]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the film was shortlisted for Best Short Documentary.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/review-short-docs-turning-tables-and-princes-tale "Review: Short Docs ‘Turning Tables’ and ‘Prince’s Tale’"
  2. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/01/actor-who-lost-his-arms-and-nearly-his-life-in-fire-reaches-new-stage.html "Actor who lost his arms — and nearly his life — in fire reaches new stage"
  3. https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/hot-docs-2018-awards-winners/ "Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners"
  4. http://realscreen.com/2019/02/08/anthropocene-amazing-race-canada-among-canadian-screen-award-nominees/ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees"