Someone Like Me (film)

Someone Like Me is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Steve J. Adams and Sean Horlor and released in 2021.[1] The film centres on Drake, a gay man from Uganda who moves to Vancouver, British Columbia as a refugee, and the group of Canadians who have agreed to sponsor him through Rainbow Refugee; it documents his arrival in Vancouver and his adaptation to Canadian life, including friction among his sponsors when all he wants to do is celebrate his new freedom by partying, and the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic as a complicating factor.[2]

Someone Like Me
Film poster
Directed bySteve J. Adams
Sean Horlor
Written bySteve J. Adams
Sean Horlor
Produced byTeri Snelgrove
Shirley Vercruysse
CinematographyBlake Davey
Farhad Ghaderi
Edited byGraham Kew
Music byEdo Van Breemen
Johannes Winkler
Production
company
Release date
  • April 29, 2021 (2021-04-29)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
Luganda
Runyankole
Swahili

The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[3] where it was named one of five winners of the Rogers Audience Award.[4] It was subsequently screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival.[5]

The film was a finalist for Best British Columbia Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2021,[6] and a nominee for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[7]

References
  1. Mike Devlin, "Victoria native Sean Horlor makes waves with his new documentary, Someone Like Me". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 13, 2021.
  2. Peter Knegt, "This new film shows the uniquely complicated journey of one LGBTQ refugee seeking asylum in Canada". CBC Arts, April 28, 2021.
  3. Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs review: Someone Like Me". Now, May 4, 2021.
  4. Pat Mullen, "Dear Future Children Wins Audience Award at Hot Docs". Point of View, May 10, 2021.
  5. Charlie Smith, "DOXA 2021 review: Someone Like Me shows the power of love in transforming a gay refugee's life in Vancouver". The Georgia Straight, May 6, 2021.
  6. Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  7. Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.


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