''Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor'' is a 2021 Canadian drama film, directed by
Shelley Thompson
Shelley Thompson (born March 9, 1959) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her character Barbara Lahey on the hit mockumentary program ''Trailer Park Boys''.
Biography
Born in Calgary, Alberta, Shelley trained at RADA in London and w ...
. The film stars Maya Henry as Dawn MacGinnis, a young
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...
woman from
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
who returns home for her mother's funeral, and tries to rebuild her relationship with her estranged father John Andrew (
Robb Wells
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) 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
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,
Chester
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,
Halifax and
Antigonish
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, in 2020.
The film premiered on May 27, 2021, at the
Inside Out Film and Video Festival
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Film
* ''Inside'' (1996 film), an American television film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Eric Stoltz
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.
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
The ACTRA Awards were first presented in 1972 to celebrate excellence in Canada's television and radio industries. Outstanding Performance nominations for Francine Deschepper, Reid Price and Robb Wells.
[Greg David]
"SCREEN NOVA SCOTIA ANNOUNCES 2022 AWARD NOMINEES AND RETURN TO IN-PERSON GALA"
''TV, eh?'', May 17, 2022.
References
External links
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Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor' at
Library and Archives Canada
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2021 films
2021 drama films
2021 LGBT-related films
Canadian drama films
Canadian LGBT-related films
English-language Canadian films
Films shot in Nova Scotia
Films set in Nova Scotia
LGBT-related drama films
Films about trans women
2020s English-language films
2020s Canadian films
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