On Screen Manitoba

THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM

DIR. TARA JOHNS | 2011 | CANADA | 95 MIN

Fri Jun 10 at 7:00 PM
Fri Jun 10 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jun 11 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 11 at 9:00 PM
Sun Jun 12 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 15 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 15 at 9:00 PM
Thu Jun 16 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 16 at 9:00 PM

Director Tara Johns and lead actress Julia Stone (who plays 11 year old Elizabeth) will be at Cinematheque on Friday and Saturday to introduce the film.

Director Tara Johns has created a poignant, affectionate story of a young girl who is convinced that Dolly Parton is her real mother and journeys off to meet her. It’s 1976 and Elizabeth is just your average suburban 11 year old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, Elizabeth runs away in search of her true identity. Her adoptive mother Marion is then forced to break out of the carefully constructed “truth” she’s been clinging to and go after her daughter. This leads to a cathartic cross-country trek by a mother searching for a daughter who’s searching for a mother – both of them really searching for themselves….

The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom is a poignant, sometimes funny, very female, coming of age story that explores the tension between creating identity and finding it within. Photographed in Quebec and the wide open spaces of the Manitoba prairies, The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom features songs by Martha Wainwright and The Wailin’ Jennys.

“Nostalgic, innocent, funny, touching...”- Montreal Gazette
 

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DISH: WOMEN, WAITRESSING AND THE ART OF SERVICE

DIR. MAYA GALLUS | 2010 | CANADA | 70 MIN

Wed Jun 8 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 9 at 7:00 PM

Former waitress and Gemini award-winning director Maya Gallus dines out and dishes the dirt with waitresses, restaurant owners, and maitre d's about the demands of working as a waitress. From the hustle of a busy truck stop to the discreet hush of a Parisian house of fine dining, Dish features touching and hilarious stories from waitresses who have worked everywhere from Ontario truck stops to maid cafes in Tokyo and Hooters style restaurants in North America.