''Jesse Jams'' is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by
Trevor Anderson
Trevor Anderson (born 3 March 1951) is a Northern Irish former footballer and manager. He played as a forward.
Playing career
Born in Belfast, Anderson began his playing career at Portadown before signing for Manchester United in October 1972. ...
and released in 2020. The film is a portrait of Jesse Jams, a transgender
First Nations musician from
Edmonton,
Alberta who formed the punk rock band Jesse Jams and the Flams as a tool of healing from his history of trauma and mental illness.
The film premiered in March 2020 at
Outfest Fusion. Concurrently with the release of the film, Jesse Jams and the Flams released ''You Don't Know Crazy'', an
EP of some of the songs heard in the film.
The film received a
Canadian Screen Award nomination for
Best Short Documentary at the
9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.
[Brent Furdyk]
"Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations"
'' ET Canada'', March 30, 2021.
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2020 films
2020 short documentary films
2020 LGBT-related films
Canadian LGBT-related short films
Canadian short documentary films
Documentary films about First Nations
Transgender-related documentary films
Documentary films about punk music and musicians
2020s English-language films
2020s Canadian films
Films directed by Trevor Anderson
Canadian LGBT-related documentary films
Canadian musical documentary films
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