TORONTO -- Buffy Sainte-Marie is sharing new insight into her trailblazing rise in an upcoming documentary.
White Pine Pictures, Eagle Vision and Paquin Entertainment say production has started on 鈥淏uffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On,鈥� a wide-ranging glimpse at the Cree singer-songwriter and activist's influence.
The film is billed as a 鈥渃inematic, poetic and musically infused鈥� look at Sainte-Marie's six-decade career of creative and social disruption, from penning protest anthems in the 1960s to stirring controversy by breastfeeding on 鈥淪esame Street.鈥�
The 80-year-old musician has been celebrated with a slew of honours, including several Junos, a Polaris Music Prize, a Governor General's Performing Arts Award and the cinematic trifecta of an Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for co-writing the song 鈥淯p Where We Belong鈥� in 1982's 鈥淎n Officer and a Gentleman.鈥�
Directed by Winnipeg-based filmmaker Madison Thomas, 鈥淏uffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On鈥� is set to include archival material, recent performances and interviews with the musician and her contemporaries.
The documentary is expected to hit theatres in fall 2022, and will be broadcast by Bell Media and APTN in Canada and PBS in the United States on later dates.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 24, 2021.
