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A Hard Name

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In the film, Zweig interviews seven ex-convicts about their times in prison and their lives on the outside. The men talk about insights they have gained about their lives, including how
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ends with archival television footage of him performing, playing the guitar and singing for other young residents of the home.
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However, the ex-convicts interviewed were surprisingly open to Zweig and allowed themselves to be shown as vulnerable.
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led to a life of crime. Film subjects include one man who stabbed fellow inmate
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Pourquoi l'étrange Monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?
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in 2010. It was also chosen as one of the top ten audience favourites at the
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Another of the film's subjects was abused as a child while a resident at the
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This article related to a Canadian documentary film of the 2000s is a
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Zweig admitted to be intimidated about doing these interviews:
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21 times, before Olson committed his serial killings.
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Index

Alan Zweig
documentary film
Alan Zweig
ex-convicts
childhood abuse
Clifford Olson
Mount Cashel Orphanage
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Royal Cinema
Toronto
Genie Award
Best Feature Length Documentary
30th Genie Awards
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival


"Hot Docs turns focus on 2 Toronto directors"
CBC News



"Behind Alan Zweig's A Hard Name"
E! Entertainment Television
"A Hard Name"
Now
Toronto
"A Hard Name: Ex-convicts out of jail but far from free"
Toronto Star
"Focus on Alan Zweig: Hot Docs 2011 Guide"
Now

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