The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche is a 2012 Canadian biographical docudrama film written and directed by Maya Gallus.[1] The film explores the private personal life of Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche, using a mixture of archival materials, interviews and dramatic reenactments, centering in large part on the unresolved question of whether de la Roche's longtime Boston marriage with Caroline Clement was a lesbian relationship in modern terms.[2]
| The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maya Gallus |
| Written by | Maya Gallus |
| Produced by | Maya Gallus |
| Starring | Deborah Hay Jordyn Negri Severn Thompson |
| Cinematography | Stan Barua |
| Edited by | Roslyn Kalloo |
Production company | Red Queen Productions |
| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date | April 29, 2012 |
Running time | 52 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The dramatic reenactments star Severn Thompson as de la Roche, and Deborah Hay as Clement.
The film premiered at the 2012 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] but was distributed principally as a television broadcast on Bravo rather than theatrically.[4] It later received a repeat screening at the 2017 festival, as part of a program of biographical documentary films about significant women in history.[5]
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, for Best Editorial Research (Gallus), Best Visual Research (Erin Chisholm) and Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series (Stan Barua).[6]
References edit
- ^ Susan G. Cole, "The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche". Now, April 26, 2012.
- ^ Robert Bell, "The Mystery of Mazo de la Roche: Maya Gallus". Exclaim!, May 4, 2012.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "Films about Franco's soap days, Fleury's childhood bound for Hot Docs: James Franco soap film set for Hot Docs". Canadian Press, March 20, 2012.
- ^ Alex Strachan, "Daring the mighty Falls". Edmonton Journal, June 15, 2012.
- ^ Kate Taylor, "At Hot Docs, a window into a problematic genre". The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2017.
- ^ Manori Ravindran, "'Watermark,' 'My Prairie Home' up for Canadian Screen Awards". RealScreen, January 13, 2014.
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