Violet Gave Willingly

Synopsis

Violet Gave Willingly immerses us in the colourful and tactile studio and inner life of textile artist Deborah Dumka. An unflinchingly intimate mother-daughter conversation, the film lays bare the continuum and legacy of gender-based discrimination, sexism, and sexual violence.

Director Biography

Claire Sanford is a Canadian filmmaker, cinematographer and video artist working in two and three- dimensional documentary storytelling. Her practice focuses on sensorial stories exploring the natural world, human identity, and how they overlap. She earned her BFA in Film Production from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver (2009).