My Prairie Home
National Film Board of Canada
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1h 16m
"Director Chelsea McMullan captures Canadian transgender folk singer Rae Spoon's music and life story in sensitive detail." Variety
Sundance Film Festival
Cork International Film Festival
Winner Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
In this feature documentary-musical by Chelsea McMullan, indie singer Rae Spoon takes us on a playful, meditative and at times melancholic journey. Set against majestic images of the infinite expanses of the Canadian Prairies, the film features Spoon crooning about their queer and musical coming of age. Interviews, performances and music sequences reveal Spoon’s inspiring process of building a life of their own, as a trans person and as a musician.
Canada - 2013 - 1h 16m
Directed By: Chelsea McMullan
Written By: Chelsea McMullen
Starring: Rae Spoon
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