Take a Walk on the Wildside wins the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Short.
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Take a Walk on the Wildside has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary.
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"I remember that some of the advice was about how not to pitch people. That’s important. Don’t pitch people when it’s not the right time. Have conversations with them. Don’t always try to sell your film — you have to build these relationships with broadcasters."
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Take a Walk on the Wildside received a warm welcome in Austin and was a finalist for best short documentary film.
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Take a Walk on the Wildside will play at the Austin Film Festival from Oct. 26- Nov 2.
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Take a Walk on the Wildside is the winner of the GRAND PRIZE for ALTERNATIVE SPIRIT AWARD- DOCUMENTARY at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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Take a Walk on the Wildside will be playing at the Reeling Film Fest in Chicago between Sept. 21-28. Reeling is the second oldest LGBTQ film festival in the US.
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CBC Digital to fund new film by LEM. Directed by Lisa Rideout:
After a decade in the sex industry, Iman tries to translate the relevancy of her client experience as she attempts to change careers and become a social worker.
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The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre to distribute Take a Walk on the Wildside.
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LEM to have US premiere of Take a Walk on the Wildside at the Oscar qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival in August.
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Director Lisa Rideout sits down with POV magazine to chat Take a Walk on the Wildside.
"We had to cut two people. I wanted to show diversity in the film since Paddy’s clientele is so diverse, but the two people who were cut from the film were people of colour. That was quite hard for me. I’m very aware of the critique [of needing representation in a doc] because you don’t want to show only one portion of the community"
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"In the meantime, Rideout hopes that her short helps audiences recognize that human connection and community are still important, and that it demystifies and humanizes cross-dressers and shows off their individuality. “A cross-dresser is anyone. It could be a family member, a friend. And they do it for a variety of reasons, because they are humans.”
http://torontoist.com/2017/04/meet-woman-helping-men-walk-wildside/
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"I just wish that all the footage that must be on the cutting room floor could be used to expand Take A Walk On The Wildside into the larger piece that it longs to transform into".
http://w.mygaytoronto.com/416scene/20170421.php
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Director and co-producer of Take a Walk on the Wildside, does interview with She Does the City.
"Even though the store had been a pillar in the cross-dressing community for the last thirty years, it seemed many people outside of the community did not know about it. That really solidified my interest in pursuing the film and bringing the story of Wildside to a larger audience"
http://www.shedoesthecity.com/hotdocs17-take-a-walk-on-the-wildside-w-director-lisa-rideout
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"Take a Walk on the Wildside is a touching short film that gives viewers an intimate look into the unique business of Paddy Aldridge, as well as allowing us to get a little understanding into the ways in which her store has been a place for men to feel safe about their choices"
http://thetfs.ca/2017/04/25/hot-docs-2017-review-take-walk-wildside/
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