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My Millennial Life has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awardsby the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television for Best Documentary Program and Best Crossover Project – non-fiction.
We are so proud to be a part of the outstanding group of nominees.
As part of the Toronto Reference Library’s “Thought Exchange Series” My Millennial Life is being presented on Thursday, December 1, 6:30 pm.
My Millennial Life is a provocative documentary about millennials and tackles the plight of the overqualified and the underemployed. See if your experience as a millennial, the parent or the employer of a millennial, matches the experience of the twenty-somethings and boomers in the documentary.
Maureen will be there with one of the millennials featured in the project to share stories about making the film, talk about the struggles of finding meaningful work, falling in love and building relationships and a life after graduation.
John Doyle, TV critic of the Globe and Mail, called the film: ‘A major work about the current twentysomething generation…As this lovely textured documentary unfolds and we learn more about the subjects, going beneath the surface, all we can feel is sympathy.’
Emma Teitel, columnist for The Toronto Star and also a millennial, noted that the film ‘succeeds at capturing the little things that render millennial, big city life lonely: For one, trying to upsell your achievements and downplay your failures to mom over Skype…’
Teitel, ‘can’t ditch the feeling that while millennial despair and disillusionment is exacerbated by a crappy, changing economy, it is also probably universal to youth in any modern era.’
Reading her column, I couldn’t help thinking back to my twenties when I was first working, renting an apartment and falling in love. Clearly, gaining independence was easier and the future a lot clearer, but many of the universal travails of growing up that are captured in the film are relatable to multiple generations.
My Millennial Life, Maureen Judge’s feature documentary about a group of dynamic 20-somethings talking about their lives, work, expectations and love, will be launched at a special TVODocs screening in Toronto on May 26, 2016. Tickets are available at the Bloor HotDocs Cinema (renamed: Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema)
It will have its television premiere on TVO, Saturday, May 28, 2016.
LIVING DOLLS has been honoured with a New York Festivals GOLD MEDAL AWARD for Maureen Judge’s Documentary Directing. A big thanks to our amazing subjects and extraordinary crew!!!
Living dolls will be aired in the UK on Pick TV at 9pm on November 12, and again on November 13 at 10pm. For all of you in that corner of the world, be sure to check it out!
It’s been 100 years since the start of the Great War. So it’s timely that the WWI commemoration and Chris award-winning NFB doc,’And We Knew How To Dance: Women and WWI’, is playing at various locations throughout Canada over the next few months. The film features heartwarming stories and interviews with some brave and feisty women who were there, while reflecting on the war and the effect it had on their lives. When they entered the labour force, they were all young and among the first group of women to work outside the home. And they were all between 86 and 100 years old when they were filmed! If you are interested in attending, admission is free: http://www.lambtonhouse.org/News.html. August 10 at 2 PM. Lambton House 4066 Old Dundas, York, ON M6S 2R6
We are proud to announce that Living Dolls has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award, under the POV Documentary category as part of the Yorkton Film Festival. The festival will be taking place in Yorkton, Saskatchewan May 22-25.