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If you missed
Last Woman Standing at
Hot Docs this year, you are in luck.
Last Woman Standing, one of the best films from the festival, airs
on CBC Documentary channel
tonight. This
film really is worth tuning in to, since directors Lorraine Price and Juliet
Lammers deliver one of the most engaging, adrenaline-pumping sports docs of
late. (
Last Woman Standing made the
top five for the audience award at Hot Docs and landed on my own list of the
best of the fest.) Canuck viewers should be on the edge of their seats as they
watch this tale of friends Mary Spencer and Ariane Fortin who become rivals as
they face off as the top two competitors for Canada’s shot at Olympic gold.
Last Woman Standing
is a solid film overall, so I’m a bit disappointed that it isn’t making a
theatrical run. (It has stronger production value than most docs that make it
to the big screen.) Regardless, a hat tip goes out to CBC for bringing this
timely film to audiences so quickly. Tune in tonight, for Mary and Ariane offer a much better match than the Bruins and the Pens do!
Hot Docs review of
Last
Woman Standing here.
