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Beautiful Scars (film)
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'Beautiful Scars' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Shane Belcourt and released in 2022.Justin Anderson, [https://realscreen.com/2022/05/06/hot-docs-22-beautiful-scars-tackles-art-family-trauma-and-identity/ "Hot Docs 22: Beautiful Scars tackles art, family trauma and identity"]. 'RealScreen', May 6, 2022. Starring musician Tom Wilson and based in part on his 2017 memoir of the same name, the film depicts his exploration of the Mohawk heritage that was hidden from him by his adoptive parents until he was almost 60 years old, including his process of reconnecting and building a relationship with his birth mother.Desmond Brown, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-tom-wilson-documentary-beautiful-scars-1.6436086 "Hamilton artist Tom Wilson hopes new film will help put 'Mohawk culture into the light where it belongs'"]. CBC Hamilton, April 30, 2022.
The film premiered at the 2022 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,Sadaf Ahsan, [https://ottawa.citynews.ca/around-ontario/a-guide-to-six-buzzy-films-directed-by-canadians-at-this-years-hot-docs-5302711 "A guide to six buzzy films directed by Canadians at this year's Hot Docs"]. 'CityNews', April 26, 2022. where it was one of the top ten films in the Hot Docs Audience Award race.Andrew Tracy, [https://realscreen.com/2022/05/10/eternal-spring-tops-hot-docs-audience-awards-claims-25k-cash-prize/ "Eternal Spring tops Hot Docs audience awards, claims $25K cash prize"]. 'RealScreen', May 10, 2022.
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