''Judy Versus Capitalism'' is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by

Mike Hoolboom Michael Hoolboom (born 1 January 1959) is a Canadian independent, experimental filmmaker. Having begun filmmaking at an early age, Hoolboom released his first major work, a "film that's not quite a film" entitled ''White Museum'', in 1986. Alth ...

Matthew Hays Matthew Hays is a Canadians, Canadian film critic, writer, film festival programmer and academic. He won a Lambda Literary Award for his 2007 book ''The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers''. Hays teaches film studies, j ...

"Judy! Judy! Judy!: Two Canadian institutions collide in Mike Hoolboom’s heartfelt Judy Rebick doc ‘Judy Versus Capitalism’"
''

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'', May 30, 2020. The film is an experimentally structured documentary portrait of the life of influential Canadian activist

Judy Rebick Judy Rebick (born August 15, 1945) is a Canadian writer, journalist, political activist, and feminist. Early life Born in Reno, Nevada, Rebick and her family moved to Toronto when she was 9. She became a socialist activist in the 1970s, joining th ...

, based in part on her memoir ''Heroes in My Head''. The film premiered in January 2020 at the

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, and had its Canadian premiere in May 2020 at the

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. It was screened at Montreal's

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in October, winning the Grand Prix. In December, it was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end

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list for 2020.Victoria Ahearn
"Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020"
. ''

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'', December 9, 2020.

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* 2020 films 2020 documentary films Canadian documentary films Films directed by Mike Hoolboom 2020s English-language films 2020s Canadian films {{2020s-Canada-documentary-film-stub