dir. Gerry Rogers
2009 / Canada / 77 min

Gerry Rogers (My Left Breast) returns to Kingston along with the subject of her latest doc-legendary Canadian and women's music icon, Ferron.

Ferron is a folk-rock singer songwriter who delivers each performance with an enigmatic calm and beauty that has drawn comparisons to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.Her intricate lyrics and guitar-driven melodies gained her serious credentials with critics and has inspired generations of women musicians including the Indigo Girls, Ani Difranco, and JD Samson (Le Tigre). Ferron has also faced her share of adversity from the same fans and followers of her music who fault her for including men in her band.

Girl on a Road is in essence a concert movie that captures musical performances and backstage interviews with Ferron and her band members after a ten-year absence from touring. We are privy to intimate confessions and reflections both personal and professional including Ferron's flirtation with a major record label, her chaotic childhood and how her own identity as a woman, an Indian, a French-Canadian and as a lesbian is reflected in her life and in her art.

dir. Adam Garnet Jones
2009 / Canada / 5 min

An experimental, animated essay that aims to work through the emotional and political confusion that has shaped the way some young, queer, Aboriginal artists relate to the world.