| Director: | Maya Gallus |
| Producer: | Maya Gallus |
| Starring: | Deborah Hay Jordyn Negri Severn Thompson |
| Cinematography: | Stan Barua |
| Editing: | Roslyn Kalloo |
| Studio: | Red Queen Productions |
| Distributor: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 52 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche is a 2012 Canadian biographical docudrama film written and directed by Maya Gallus.[1] The film explores the private personal life of Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche, using a mixture of archival materials, interviews and dramatic reenactments, centering in large part on the unresolved question of whether de la Roche's longtime Boston marriage with Caroline Clement was a lesbian relationship in modern terms.[2]
The dramatic reenactments star Severn Thompson as de la Roche, and Deborah Hay as Clement.
The film premiered at the 2012 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] but was distributed principally as a television broadcast on Bravo rather than theatrically.[4] It later received a repeat screening at the 2017 festival, as part of a program of biographical documentary films about significant women in history.[5]
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, for Best Editorial Research (Gallus), Best Visual Research (Erin Chisholm) and Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series (Stan Barua).[6]