This month, the Hot Docs Betty Youson Award for Best Canadian Short Documentary was presented to Delta Dawn (dir. Asia Youngman), which was shot by associate members Benjamin Cox and Kaayla Whachell. The film chronicles the electric rise to fame of wrestling sensation Dawn Murphy in the 1980s and early 1990s. The Award includes a $3,000 cash prize. According to the jury statement, the film received the award, “for expertly using hybridity to create a space of reflection that allows for a dialogue between who the protagonist was and who she is today, and for bringing the patriarchal world of wrestling into a feminist perspective that includes the nuances of identity, empowerment and indigenous legacy.”
