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Mary & Myself
Directed bySam Decoste
Written bySam Decoste
Produced byAnnette Clarke
Narrated byJia Tsu Ye-Thompson
Music byJudith Gruber-Stitzer
Production
company
Release date
  • April 27, 2013 (2013-04-27) (Hot Docs)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Mary & Myself is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sam Decoste and released in 2013. Through animation and archival photographs, the film depicts the real-life story of Jia Tsu Ye-Thompson and Mary Mohammed, two elderly women rehearsing for their stage debut playing the comfort women in a production of The Vagina Monologues.[1]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary Film at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pat Mullen, "Hot Docs Shorts: Sweet, Sour and Tangy". Point of View, July 15, 2013.
  2. ^ Andrea Nemetz, "Call Me Fitz, Seed each get 8 nods; Mr. D, This Hour also nominated for Canadian Screen Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 14, 2014.