Take Me to Prom | |
Director: | Andrew Moir |
Producer: | Andrew Moir |
Music: | Ben Fox |
Cinematography: | Andrew Jeffrey |
Editing: | Graeme Ring |
Runtime: | 19 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Take Me to Prom is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Andrew Moir and released in 2019.[1] The film traces the evolution of LGBTQ acceptance in society by asking a multigenerational selection of LGBTQ people to recount a story from their high school prom.
Storytellers in the film include Marc Hall, whose 2002 court case Hall v Durham Catholic School Board became a landmark LGBT rights case in Canada.[1]
The film premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[2] It was subsequently added to the CBC Gem streaming platform.[1]
The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[3]