TORONTO — Franco-Ontarian public media company Groupe Média TFO last Friday announced the first documentary produced by its ONFR+ digital franchise, STUCK., which illustrates the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the lives of French-Canadian artists.
Directed by Joanne Belluco, STUCK. premiered last night on the TFO linear channel and is available now on the PlusTFO YouTube channel until Nov. 26.
“Discover eight French-speaking Canadian artists (David Danzon, Nathan Dimitroff, G.R. Gritt, Alexy Guérer, Camille Guérer, Karim Hussain, Djennie Laguerre, Marie-Pierre Proulx) in the midst of an unprecedented creative, emotional and even financial situation. A unique story about the ability of artists to step out of their comfort zone and reinvent themselves, whatever the circumstances,” reads a description in a press release.
Hailing from “Toronto to Sudbury, including Montreal and Acadia, these artists immerse us in their new daily lives, providing a testimony for the ages,” the release says.
“STUCK. is a bit of a special documentary, because we went into it without really knowing when we were going to finish or how it was going to go,” says Belluco, in the press release. “A pandemic was unheard of for us, as it was for many, and it is also thanks to this that we were able to truly experience the daily life of these eight artists.
“The highs, the lows, the challenges and the victories ― for over a year, we experience the pandemic alongside them and we pass these stories on in STUCK.,” Belluco says.
“STUCK. represents the stories of many artists during the pandemic. Our goal was for viewers to recognize themselves in each of the artists during the long tunnel that was the pandemic,” said ONFR+ producer Sébastien Pierroz.
“We are extremely happy with the final result of the documentary. We hope that this one can go even further, to many festivals, and become notorious. This type of documentary work, the result of efforts from many sectors of TFO, allows for a more in-depth and more human study of Franco-Ontarians.”
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Image borrowed from Groupe Média TFO’s website.
