Hot Docs unveils full lineup for 31st edition

Debuting in the Persister program is A Mother Apart from director Laurie Townshend. The film is produced by Oya Media Group’s Alison Duke and Ngardy Conteh George and the National Film Board of Canada’s Justine Pimlott. It follows a woman who has been searching for the mother who abandoned her while being a single mother herself.

By Kelly Townsend

The lineup includes several Canadian world premieres, including the NFB’s A Mother Apart and Canada-France copro A French Youth.

“Debuting in the Persister program is A Mother Apart from director Laurie Townshend. The film is produced by Oya Media Group’s Alison Duke and Ngardy Conteh George and the National Film Board of Canada’s Justine Pimlott. It follows a woman who has been searching for the mother who abandoned her while being a single mother herself.”

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