Ann-Marie MacDonald
Also Known As: Anne-Marie MacDonald
Biography: Ann-Marie MacDonald (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor, and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, which was also named to Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. Her 2003 novel, The Way the Crow Flies, was partly inspired by the Steven Truscott case. She received the Governor General's Award for Literary Merit, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award for her play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). She appeared in the films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and Better Than Chocolate, among others. She also hosted the CBC Documentary series Life and Times (1996-2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann-Marie MacDonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Baden-Baden, West Germany
Birthday: October 29, 1958
Adult: No
Gender: Female
TMDb-Id: 104156
IMDb-Id: nm0531612
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Her Desperate Choice
Overview: Despite allegations of child sexual abuse against Jody's ex-husband Marcus, the court orders joint custody of their daughter Samantha. Jody faces a choice of turning Samantha over to Marcus or taking her on the run and risk kidnapping charges. Pursued by both the FBI and a private detective, Jody and Samantha are hunted, fleeing from town to town with the help of an underground network set up to help women and children escape from abuse. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Friends at Last
Overview: Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best friend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-02
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Better Than Chocolate
Overview: Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, only hours before they move in. What could be a nonissue becomes increasingly complicated -- since Maggie's family is unaware of her sexual orientation, and Maggie is not open to sharing that information.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-08
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Interviews With My Next Girlfriend
Overview: In a desperate bid to take the guesswork out of finding a girlfriend, a faceless, voiceless, but obviously intrepid interviewer decides to make a job of it.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-06
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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Overview: Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and idolizes Gabrielle for her artistic ability. When Gabrielle rekindles an old romantic relationship with the younger painter Mary, Polly becomes jealous, and discovers Gabrielle isn’t exactly who she claims to be.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-11
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Where the Spirit Lives
Overview: In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-06
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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
Overview: Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fiction of the day about women in love, their own first affairs, the pain of breaking up, frequenting gay bars, facing police raids, men's responses, and the etiquette of butch and femme roles. Interspersed among the interviews and archival footage are four dramatized chapters from a pulp novel, "Forbidden Love".
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-17
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Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
Overview: We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re-incarceration and her ultimate release once again-left us submerged knee-deep in the twists and turns of her life. Famous for doing nothing, she's the ultimate manifestation of our obsession with celebrity culture and the massive profits that it wields. As long as we are willing to watch and read, who can resist feeding our habit?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-29
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The Wars
Overview: Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-20
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Counterfeit Culture
Overview: Documentary - COUNTERFEIT CULTURE is a one-hour documentary that explores the dangerous and sometimes deadly world of fake products. An industry that once dealt in imitation designer handbags and shoes has exploded into a global epidemic of counterfeit pharmaceuticals, foods, toys, electronic goods, car parts and microchips. COUNTERFEIT CULTURE challenges consumers to take a deeper look at what appears to be harmless knock-offs at bargain prices. - Ann-Marie MacDonald, Tim Phillips, Todd Gilmore
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Supervolcano: Yellowstone's Fury
Overview: For over a century, tens of millions of visitors have marveled at the natural beauty of Yellowstone National Park. But, beneath all this beauty lurks a beast. Yellowstone sits directly above one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth. For the past two million years, this supervolcano has erupted roughly every 600,000 years. The last major eruption occurred 640,000 years ago. So, is it overdue for another eruption? There have been disturbing signals... Supervolcano: Yellowstone's Fury examines the cataclysmic effect an eruption would have on the world. It would be the largest natural disaster in recorded history. NYU Earth Scientist Michael Rampino warns, "An eruption like Yellowstone could trigger the end of civilization as we know it." For experts, the question is not if there will be another eruption, but when. University of Toronto geologist John Westgate agrees: "There will be a very large-scale supervolcanic eruption from Yellowstone. That's a fact."
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-03
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习惯的奴隶
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-01-02
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Rubberface
Overview: A teen-age girl conceals her insecurity behind a barrage of jokes — until she meets an aspiring comedian who asks for her help with his new act. Janet is an over-weight girl who has a knack for making the other children in school laugh... by making fun of her own weight. In seeing the other kids' reactions, she feels that she might have what it takes to be a comedian. She visits the local comedy club where she finds Tony Moroni who is a struggling comedian whose jokes are less than funny. Together Tony helps Janet find self-esteem and Janet helps Tony with his material.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Paint Cans
Overview: A Canadian take on The Player.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-13
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The Pill
Overview: Chronicles little known chapters in the history of the birth control pill. Examines how far the pharmaceutical industry was willing to risk women's health. Interviews women from Puerto Rico who became unsuspecting test subjects. Provides insights from women health activists who questioned the high-dose version's safety, and testimony from scientists who developed the pill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-11
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Titanic: The Canadian Story
Overview: Titanic: The Canadian Story is a special documentary marking the centenary of one of the most tragic shipping disasters of our time. Among the more than 2200 passengers and crew were 130 men, women and children bound for Canada. They came from all walks of life. Some called Canada home, others chose this country as a place of opportunity and refuge.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-05
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Facebook Follies
Overview: Facebook Follies is a one-hour documentary that takes a look at the unexpected consequences of people sharing their personal information on social media. Viewers meet people who lost their jobs, their marriages, their dignity, or who even ended up in jail - all because of their own or someone else's Facebook posting. To give a broader context to the events, these stories are intercut with reflections from experts in the areas of social change, internet security and contemporary media.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-27
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The End of Men
Overview: It used be that everyone knew what it meant to be a man. A man was rugged and reliable and got the job done. But then came the worst recession in 80 years. So what happens now that the job is gone? The End of Men is a compelling new documentary that takes a profound look at how men are coping with the evolving role of masculinity in today's world, where the old rules no longer apply.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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Age of the Drone
Overview: There's a new revolution happening overhead. The drones are coming. The question is: who gets to use them, and how?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-19
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Where the Heart Is
Overview: A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-23
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Web Warriors
Overview: Web Warriors is a documentary that defines the conflict, establishes the stakes, and reveals the combatants in the escalating global battle taking place in cyber space. The film features computer hacker Michael Calce (aka Mafia Boy) who explains how as a 15 year old student he shut down Yahoo, Amazon, CNN, and Dell - from his bedroom. Viewers will watch grey hat hacker Donnie Werner (aka Morning Wood) as he comes face to face with the Russian cyber mafia as he searches for the creators of a new computer virus. Web Warriors is a wake-up call that we have entered the era of digital warfare where the stakes continue to escalate in a battle that now costs the global economy more than $500 Billion annually.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-20
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The Pagan Christ
Overview: Documentary adaptation of the book "The Pagan Christ" by Tom Harpur for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-06
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Out of Orbit: The Life and Times of Marshall McLuhan
Overview: "Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media with which people communicate than by the content of the communication." - Marshall McLuhan Marshall McLuhan, one of Canada's most influential and controversial figures, burst into the center of media circles in North America with his strange and prophetic pronouncements - "electric light is pure information" - on advertising, television, and the emerging computer age. "Out Of Orbit" also pays tribute to McLuhan, his message, and the way in which his theories and words have penetrated and influenced the consciousness of today's media-literate society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-30
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Unfinished Business
Overview: Seventeen year old Izzy Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother and finds her life boring and directionless. Meant to be a sequel to Don Owen's acclaimed 1964 film "Nobody Waved Good-bye", "Unfinished Business" looks at life two decades later for Peter and Julie's (Peter Kastner and Julie Biggs) daughter Isabelle "Izzy" Marks (Isabelle Mejias). Curious, funny and intelligent, 17 year old Izzy feels the frustrations of her limiting environment and the pull of a more exciting, larger world. She meets passionate anarchist wannabe Jessie 'Fixit' (Peter Spence) and is quickly drawn into his free living alternative lifestyle. Much to the displeasure of her once free-thinking parents and friends.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-11
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Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
Overview: David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist delivers a 'last lecture' — what he describes as "a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die". The film interweaves the lecture with scenes from the places and events in Suzuki's life — creating a biography of ideas — forged by the major social, scientific and cultural events of the past 70 years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-02
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Where Did I Put ... My Memory?
Overview: "Where Did I Put - My Memory?" is a light-hearted, enlightening journey into our memories - and how we can improve them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-28
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