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Laura O'Grady

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Laura O'Grady

Over her 25-year career, Laura O’Grady has produced, written or directed hundreds of hours of factual, documentary and immersive content. Her films have screened at Hot Docs (Cafe-Nation, Eviction Notice) and won or been nominated for numerous AMPIA and Canadian Screen Awards (Queer Hutterite, Gross Indecency: The Everett Klippert Story, The Former Life of Amber Valley). In 2018, Laura launched th…

Known For

Undetectable: How Stigma Has Gone Viral in the Fight Against HIVUndetectable: How Stigma Has Gone Viral in the Fight Against HIV · 2021
Undetectable: How Stigma Has Gone Viral in the Fight Against HIV
2021
Movie
Canada has the solution to end HIV infections and stop the world-wide AIDS epidemic. So why are people still dying of AIDS? The feature-length TELUS Original documentary Undetectable looks at the history, breaks down the roadblocks, and exposes the gatekeepers that have stopped the world from becoming HIV/AIDS free.
Gross Indecency: The Everett Klippert StoryGross Indecency: The Everett Klippert Story · 2018
Gross Indecency: The Everett Klippert Story
2018
Movie
In 1965 mild-mannered Calgary bus driver Everett Klippert was the last Canadian to be jailed for homosexuality. Kevin Allen of the Calgary Gay History Project journeys to better understand Klippert and his place in Canadian LGBTQ history.
Queer Hutterite: Misfit on the ColonyQueer Hutterite: Misfit on the Colony · 2016
Queer Hutterite: Misfit on the Colony
★ 1.02016
Movie
The film profiles Kelly Hofer, a gay activist and photographer in Calgary who grew up in a Hutterite religious community in southern Manitoba. The film focuses on Hofer's early life within the community, and what eventually forced him to leave and move to Calgary in 2012.
k.d. lang: songs & silencek.d. lang: songs & silence · 2023
k.d. lang: songs & silence
2023
Movie
k.d. lang shares her perspective on preferring silence and listening to making noise.
Thunder of Clouds: What Women Can DoThunder of Clouds: What Women Can Do · 2026
Thunder of Clouds: What Women Can Do
2026
MovieDocumentary
The courageous journey of Afghan women activists and refugees as they rebuild their lives in Canada. While facing their own trauma and displacement, these women work tirelessly to support the hundreds of Afghan women arriving every day.

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