Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman and released in 1995.Peter Birnie, "Moving pictures of women". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 1995. The film is a portrait of influential lesbian writer and anti-censorship activist Jane Rule.Sandra Martin, "B.C. novelist wrote a cult classic and became a lesbian role model". The Globe and Mail, November 29, 2007.
The film premiered on January 9, 1995, at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto, at a gala benefit for the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives,Rick Bébout, "Jane rules". Xtra!, January 2, 1995. before having its television premiere as the debut episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here on January 11.Bonnie Malleck, "Liberty Street and View from Here : Pair of Canadian series debut". Waterloo Region Record, January 11, 1995. It subsequently screened theatrically elsewhere in Canada, including at a benefit screening for Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium in Vancouver during its censorship dispute with the Canada Border Services Agency.Jeani Read, "Day to recall how far we have come". The Province, March 8, 1995.
The film won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996.John Griffin, "Le Confessional win bittersweet; Canada's top film fails to challenge Margaret's Museum in the numbers game". Ottawa Citizen, January 15, 1996.
References
External links