Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor (2021)

Original title

Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor

Directed by

Shelley Thompson

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

18A

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young transgender woman returns to her childhood home in Nova Scotia for her mother's funeral. She reconnects with her distant father by helping him fix an old broken tractor.

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What happens

Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed by Shelley Thompson. The film stars Maya Henry as Dawn MacGinnis, a young transgender woman from Nova Scotia who returns home for her mother's funeral, and tries to rebuild her relationship with her estranged father John Andrew (Robb Wells) through working together to restore John Andrew's old broken-down tractor. The film's cast also includes Amy Groening, Reid Price, Richie Wilcox, Francine Deschepper and Taylor Olson. The film was shot in various locations in Nova Scotia, including Windsor, Chester, Halifax and Antigonish, in 2020. The film premiered on May 27, 2021, at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival. It received five nominations for the Screen Nova Scotia awards in 2022, including Best Feature Film, WIFT Best Nova Scotia Director (Thompson) and ACTRA Award Outstanding Performance nominations for Francine Deschepper, Reid Price and Robb Wells. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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