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'Take Me to Prom' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Andrew Moir and released in 2019.[Oliver Skinner, [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/what-does-it-mean-to-be-queer-at-the-prom-this-new-film-explores-seven-decades-of-answers-1.5120150 "What does it mean to be queer at the prom? This new film explores seven decades of answers"]. CBC Arts, May 3, 2019.] The film traces the evolution of LGBTQ acceptance in society by asking a multigenerational selection of LGBTQ people to recount a story from their high school prom.
Storytellers in the film include Marc Hall, whose 2002 court case 'Hall v Durham Catholic School Board' became a landmark LGBT rights case in Canada.[
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The film premiered at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-hot-docs-2019-are-we-living-in-a-golden-age-of-documentary-cinema/ "Hot Docs 2019: Are we living in a golden age of documentary cinema?"]. 'The Globe and Mail', April 18, 2019.] It was subsequently added to the CBC Gem streaming platform.[
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The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[Brent Furdyk, [https://etcanada.com/news/648359/canadian-screen-awards-2020-first-round-of-winners-revealed/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Winners Revealed"]. 'ET Canada', May 25, 2020.]
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