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Becoming Yoko. A Documentary: Directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson, Steve Rothman, Nell Teare. With Anzu Lawson, Nick Vallelonga, Joseph Culp, John Griffin.
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- Anzu Lawson, Nick Vallelonga, Joseph Culp
- Anzu Lawson, Nick Vallelonga, Joseph Culp
All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Nick Vallelonga, Anzu Lawson, Joseph Culp, John Griffin, Rebe...
- Maiden
- Searching For Cleopatra
- In Love with A Problem
- I Am Sirat
- Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella
- Hodan's Story
- Anne Murray: Full Circle
- Backlash: Misogyny in The Digital Age
- Never Too Old
- Becoming Nakuset
In 1989, 26-year-old Tracy Edwards led the first all-female crew in the Whitbread Round the World Race, a grueling sailing competition that lasted nine months. They were told, "You're not strong enough. Not skilled enough. You'll die." Against the odds, and beating male crews in their class, the Maiden and her crew changed the open-ocean yacht raci...
"Cleopatra made great contributions to human knowledge and opened us to the world we have now," says archeologist Kathleen Martinez, "every time we see a professional woman — such as a doctor, a scientist or a philosopher — we should think of her." Martinez has dedicated her life to uncovering the real legacy of Cleopatra, legendary last queen of E...
Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were still in high school when they discovered plastic-eating bacteria in Vancouver's Fraser River. Passionate about the problem of plastic waste, the two millennial innovators have been on an inspiring journey to solve it ever since. Their dedication has taken them all the way to Silicon Valley — and from bacteria to cu...
Sirat is a transgender woman living in Delhi who struggles with an exhausting double life as she tries to be a son to her mother yet live her life fully as a woman. In this documentary by filmmaker Deepa Mehta, Sirat documents her life the way she normally does: on a smartphone. Sirat is tough, resilient and never gives up on who she is: a proud tr...
Rosalie Abella has led an extraordinary life of firsts: the youngest judge appointed in Canadian history, the first judge to preside in court while pregnant, the first Jewish female Supreme Court judge and the first refugee to sit on the bench of the country's highest court. Abella is also behind iconic and historic rulings on equality, immigration...
As a young, idealistic Somali-Canadian journalist and single mother of two, Hodan Nalayeh was determined to defy the odds and smash stereotypes. She had always dreamed of changing the narrative of the Somali community that is often portrayed in the media. After finding traditional networks were less willing to tell the kinds of stories she wanted t...
Pure, honest, like melted gold: no matter how Anne Murray's voice has been described, it's always been clear she has a remarkable gift. Throughout her decades-spanning international career, her songs topped the charts, her TV specials were watched by millions, she performed with music royalty, and she converted casual listeners into die-hard fans. ...
Hatred against women is being unleashed on social media more than ever. A recent study by The Economist Intelligence Unitshowed that cyberviolence against women has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, partially due to women spending more time online, increasing their exposure to threats. This scourge that is affecting thousands of wom...
"A sweet little old lady, I am not!" says Olive Bryanton, who's working hard to get a PhD in her eighties and helping to improve the lives of older women in her rural community. Determined to put the spotlight on the often overlooked and under-appreciated lives of older women living in remote areas, Bryanton recruits ten female subjects, all over t...
In the 1960s, Nakuset was taken from her indigenous family and adopted into an affluent Jewish family living in Montreal. Known now as the sixties scoop (although the time period spanned well into the 1980s), this forced assimilation resulted in intergenerational trauma for Indigenous people across Canada. Today, Nakuset is an advocate for Indigeno...
Becoming Yoko. A Documentary 19 of 31 Anzu Lawson (starring as Yoko Ono) and Nick Vallelonga (Two time Academy award/Golden Globe winning writer & producer of Green book) at the "Dear John, Why Yoko? musical"
Becoming Yoko. A Documentary cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cast and crew of «Woman. Becoming Yoko. A Documentary». Roles and the main characters. Anzu Lawson, Nick Vallelonga, Joseph Culp
Directed by and starring John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and featuring famous friends and collaborators (George Harrison, Fred Astaire, Andy Warhol, Jack Palance), this unique, surreal reality film — composed to music from Lennon's.
