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Mia Donovan is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker. She is best known for her documentary Inside Lara Roxx released through EyeSteelFilm about 21-year-old Canadian Lara Roxx who in the Spring of 2004, left her hometown Montreal heading to Los Angeles for working in pornography and within two months contracted HIV after shooting an unprotected sex scene with two males.^[1] Donovan followed Lara Roxx through 5 years of Roxx's attempt to build a new identity and find hope in the wake of her past.^[2]^[3] Her film won "Best Documentary on Society and Humanity" at the 2011 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival^[4] and it was runner-up for "Best Feature at 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival.^[5]

Donovan received a B.F.A in Art History and Studio Arts from Concordia University in 2001.

Her photographic series 'Stripped' was shown in Montreal in January 2005. The series was an artistic reflection of commodification in the sex industry. She was picked as one of the "Noize Makers 2001" by Montreal arts weekly Montreal Mirror.

As of December 2012,^[6] she was in production of her second documentary about deprogrammer Ted Patrick with EyeSteelFilm.^[7]^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

2011: Inside Lara Roxx (director, co-producer, writer)

References

^ James Adams (3 February 2012). "Inside Lara Roxx: The deadly price of porn fame". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Christine Estima (8 May 2012). "Hot Docs interview: Mia Donovan, director of Inside Lara Roxx". TheGATE.ca. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Brian McKechnie (5 May 2012). "Interview: Filmmaker Mia Donovan looks at what's 'Inside Lara Roxx'". Criticize This, Canada. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.gzdoc.com/en_2011/main.asp?top_menu_id=N9R83D59L9E97Z20070731150429CATE&category_id=IJ4KL730Z62ZLY20111206172526CATE^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners (2 April 2012)
^ http://www.idfa.nl/industry/idfacademy/idfacademy-summer-school-2011.aspx
^ http://www.eyesteelfilm.com/projects/works-in-progress/deprogrammed/

External links

Official website
Mia Donovan at IMDb

[globe-1] James Adams (3 February 2012). "Inside Lara Roxx: The deadly price of porn fame". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[gate-2] Christine Estima (8 May 2012). "Hot Docs interview: Mia Donovan, director of Inside Lara Roxx". TheGATE.ca. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[ct-3] Brian McKechnie (5 May 2012). "Interview: Filmmaker Mia Donovan looks at what's 'Inside Lara Roxx'". Criticize This, Canada. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[5] 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners (2 April 2012)

[6] ttp://www.idfa.nl/industry/idfacademy/idfacademy-summer-school-2011.aspx

[7] ttp://www.eyesteelfilm.com/projects/works-in-progress/deprogrammed/

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	'''Mia Donovan''' is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker. She is best known for her documentary ''[[Inside Lara Roxx]]'' released through [[EyeSteelFilm]] about 21-year-old Canadian [[Lara Roxx]] who in the Spring of 2004, left her hometown [[Montreal]] heading to [[Los Angeles]] for working in [[pornography]] and within two months contracted [[AIDS/HIV\|HIV]] after shooting an unprotected sex scene with two males.<ref name="globe">{{cite web\|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/inside-lara-roxx-the-deadly-price-of-porn-fame/article2324678/\|publisher=''[[The Globe and Mail]]''\|title=Inside Lara Roxx: The deadly price of porn fame\|author=James Adams\|date=3 February 2012\|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> Donovan followed Lara Roxx through 5 years of Roxx's attempt to build a new identity and find hope in the wake of her past.<ref name="gate">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thegate.ca/spotlight/interviews/09644/hot-docs-interview-mia-donovan-director-of-inside-lara-roxx/\|title=Hot Docs interview: Mia Donovan, director of ''Inside Lara Roxx''\|author=Christine Estima\|publisher=''[[TheGATE.ca]]''\|date=8 May 2012\|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="ct">{{cite web\|url=http://www.criticizethis.ca/2011/05/interview-filmmaker-mia-donovan-looks-at-whats-inside-lara-roxx.html/all/1\|title=Interview: Filmmaker Mia Donovan looks at what’s ‘Inside Lara Roxx’\|author=Brian McKechnie\|publisher=Criticize This, Canada\|date=5 May 2012\|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> Her film won "Best Documentary on Society and Humanity" at the 2011 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival<ref>http://www.gzdoc.com/en_2011/main.asp?top_menu_id=N9R83D59L9E97Z20070731150429CATE&category_id=IJ4KL730Z62ZLY20111206172526CATE</ref> and it was runner-up for "Best Feature at 2012 [[Boston Underground Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.badlit.com/?p=22162 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners] (2 April 2012)</ref>		'''Mia Donovan''' is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker. She is best known for her documentary ''[[Inside Lara Roxx]]'' released through [[EyeSteelFilm]] about 21-year-old Canadian [[Lara Roxx]] who in the Spring of 2004, left her hometown [[Montreal]] heading to [[Los Angeles]] for working in [[pornography]] and within two months contracted [[AIDS/HIV\|HIV]] after shooting an unprotected sex scene with two males.<ref name="globe">{{cite web\|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/inside-lara-roxx-the-deadly-price-of-porn-fame/article2324678/\|publisher=''[[The Globe and Mail]]''\|title=Inside Lara Roxx: The deadly price of porn fame\|author=James Adams\|date=3 February 2012\|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> Donovan followed Lara Roxx through 5 years of Roxx's attempt to build a new identity and find hope in the wake of her past.<ref name="gate">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thegate.ca/spotlight/interviews/09644/hot-docs-interview-mia-donovan-director-of-inside-lara-roxx/\|title=Hot Docs interview: Mia Donovan, director of ''Inside Lara Roxx''\|author=Christine Estima\|publisher=''[[TheGATE.ca]]''\|date=8 May 2012\|accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref><ref name="ct">{{cite web\|url=http://www.criticizethis.ca/2011/05/interview-filmmaker-mia-donovan-looks-at-whats-inside-lara-roxx.html/all/1 \|title=Interview: Filmmaker Mia Donovan looks at what’s ‘Inside Lara Roxx’ \|author=Brian McKechnie \|publisher=Criticize This, Canada \|date=5 May 2012 \|accessdate=21 May 2012 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304142035/http://www.criticizethis.ca/2011/05/interview-filmmaker-mia-donovan-looks-at-whats-inside-lara-roxx.html/all/1 \|archivedate=4 March 2012 \|df= }}</ref> Her film won "Best Documentary on Society and Humanity" at the 2011 Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival<ref>http://www.gzdoc.com/en_2011/main.asp?top_menu_id=N9R83D59L9E97Z20070731150429CATE&category_id=IJ4KL730Z62ZLY20111206172526CATE{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and it was runner-up for "Best Feature at 2012 [[Boston Underground Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.badlit.com/?p=22162 2012 Boston Underground Film Festival: Award Winners] (2 April 2012)</ref>

	Donovan received a B.F.A in Art History and Studio Arts from [[Concordia University]] in 2001.		Donovan received a B.F.A in Art History and Studio Arts from [[Concordia University]] in 2001.

v t e EyeSteelFilm
Founders	Daniel Cross Mila Aung-Thwin
Directors	Tony Asimakopoulos Mila Aung-Thwin Laura Bari Kalina Bertin Richard Boyce Yung Chang Daniel Cross Mia Donovan Eric "Roach" Denis Lixin Fan Brett Gaylor Mitchell Kezin Omar Majeed Ryan Mullins Halima Ouardiri
Documentaries	The Street: A Film with the Homeless (1997) Too Colourful for the League (2001) S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic (2001) Music for a Blue Train (2002) Bone (2002) RoachTrip (2003) Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (2004) Chairman George (2005) Punk the Vote! (2006) Up the Yangtze (2007) RiP!: A Remix Manifesto (2008) Antoine (2008) Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009) Last Train Home (2009) The Frog Princes (2010) The Vanishing Spring Light (2011) Inside Lara Roxx (2011) China Heavyweight (2012) Fortunate Son (2012) The Fruit Hunters (2012) Family Demolition (2015) I Am the Blues (2015) Manic (2017) Anote's Ark (2018) Wintopia (2019) Twice Colonized (2023)
Shorts	The Colony (2007) Ali Shan (2008) Mokhtar (2010)