VANCOUVER – OUTtv premiered its first original Canadian mini-series last Sunday night called Sex & Violence.
Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck, Tales of the City) both stars in and executive produced the series, while Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden, Cloudburst) wrote and directed the six-hour Nova Scotia-based production. Sex & Violence is produced by Halifax’s Emotion Pictures.
The series looks at the lives of five professionals who work in the aftermath of domestic violence – a social worker, a victim advocate, a prosecutor, a police officer, and a therapist – and chronicles their struggles to maintain healthy, intimate personal relationships while working daily with people caught in violent and dysfunctional lives.
“As an independent Canadian channel, we’re delighted to be working with the multi-talented Thom Fitzgerald,” said OUTtv COO Brad Danks. “And it’s a thrill to have Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis involved both as the star and Executive Producer. At 82, she proves that there are still strong roles for women in television.”
An encore of episode 1 is scheduled for November 22 at 10:00 pm ET/PT, and new episodes will air Sunday’s at 9:00 pm ET/10:00 pm ET.
