Mary & Myself

Mary & Myself
Directed by	Sam Decoste
Produced by	Annette Clarke
Written by	Sam Decoste
Narrated by	Jia Tsu Ye-Thompson
Music by	Judith Gruber-Stitzer
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	April 27, 2013 (Hot Docs);
Running time	7 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Mary & Myself is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sam Decoste and released in 2013. Through animation and archival photographs, the film depicts the real-life story of Jia Tsu Ye-Thompson and Mary Mohammed, two elderly women rehearsing for their stage debut playing the comfort women in a production of The Vagina Monologues.[1]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Short Documentary Film at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 204.[2]

References

Pat Mullen, "Hot Docs Shorts: Sweet, Sour and Tangy". Point of View, July 15, 2013.
Andrea Nemetz, "Call Me Fitz, Seed each get 8 nods; Mr. D, This Hour also nominated for Canadian Screen Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 14, 2014.

External links

Mary & Myself at IMDb

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[1] Pat Mullen, "Hot Docs Shorts: Sweet, Sour and Tangy". Point of View, July 15, 2013.

[2] Andrea Nemetz, "Call Me Fitz, Seed each get 8 nods; Mr. D, This Hour also nominated for Canadian Screen Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 14, 2014.