Broke (2009 film)

Broke
Directed by	Rosvita Dransfeld
Written by	Rosvita Dransfeld
Produced by	Rosvita Dransfeld
Starring	David Woolfson Chris Hoard
Cinematography	Sergio Olivares
Edited by	Scott Parker
Music by	Louis Sedmark Van Wilmott
Production company	ID Productions
Distributed by	TVOntario
Release date	2009 (2009)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Broke is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Rosvita Dransfeld and released in 2009.[1] The film centres on the friendship between David Woolfson, a pawn shop owner in Edmonton, Alberta, and Chris Hoard, an ex-convict who volunteers as an assistant to Woolfson in the shop.[1]

The film premiered at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[2] and was screened at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival[3] and the 2009 Global Visions Film Festival,[1] before having its television premiere on March 3, 2010 as an episode of TVOntario's documentary series The View from Here.[4]

The film won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program at the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010.[5]

Hoard was again featured in Dransfeld's 2014 film Anti-Social Limited,[6] which was a Donald Brittain Award nominee at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.[7]

References

1. Jamie Hall, "A heartbreaking glimpse into poverty; Powerful documentary aims its lens at an Edmonton pawnshop". Edmonton Journal, November 5, 2009.
2. Liz Braun, "Curtain up for Hot Docs". Toronto Sun, March 25, 2009.
3. Glen Schaefer, "VIFF reviews". The Province, October 8, 2009.
4. "TVO presents its March 2010 Media Highlights". Canada NewsWire, February 4, 2010.
5. Jamie Hall, "Edmonton filmmaker brings home a Gemini". Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2010.
6. Eric Volmers, "Anti-social ex-con talks of lonely life". Edmonton Journal, November 17, 2014.
7. Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". Entertainment Tonight Canada, January 19, 2016.

External links

• Broke at IMDb