Take Me to Prom (2019)

Original title

Take Me To Prom

Directed by

Andrew Moir

Country

Canada

Runtime

19 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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