Take Me to Prom (2019)
- Original title
- Take Me To Prom
- Directed by
- Andrew Moir
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The documentary asks LGBTQ people from different generations to tell stories about their high school prom. It shows how attitudes toward LGBTQ acceptance have changed over time through these personal memories.
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What happens
Take Me to Prom is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Andrew Moir and released in 2019. 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. The film premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was subsequently added to the CBC Gem streaming platform. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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