Play Your Gender
5% of music producers are women even though many of the most bankable pop stars are female. Only 6 women have ever been nominated for the ‘Producer of the Year’ Grammy, and no woman has ever won. In PLAY YOUR GENDER, Juno award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking to music industry stars and veterans about the realities of being a woman in the recording studio.
Play Your Gender features interviews with Sara Quinn of Tegan & Sara, Melissa Auf der Maur of the Smashing Pumpkins, Patty Schemel of Hole, Chantal Kreviazuk, and many more of the music industry’s most talented women.
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Stephanie ClattenburgDirector
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Sahar YousefiWriter
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Stephanie ClattenburgWriter
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Sahar YousefiProducer
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Kinnie StarrKey Cast
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Sara Quinn of Tegan & SaraKey CastThe Lego Movie
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Melissa Auf der MaurKey CastBands: Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins
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Patty SchemelKey CastBand: Hole
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Chantal KreviazukKey Cast
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LowellKey Cast
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Little ScreamKey Cast
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Erika ForsterKey CastBand: Au Revoir Simone
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Annie HartKey CastBand: Au Revoir Simone
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Kelly ZutrauKey CastBand: Wet
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 20 minutes
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Completion Date:May 31, 2016
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Production Budget:160,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Canada
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Country of Filming:Canada, United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Canberra International Film FestivalCanberra
Australia
October 29, 2016
World Premiere -
Hamilton International Film FestivalHamilton, ON
Canada
November 11, 2016
North American Premiere -
Reel to Real International Festival for YouthVancouver
Canada
April 7, 2017
Edith Lando Peace Prize for the film which best utilized the power of film to further the goal of social justice and peace -
For Film's Sake Film FestivalSydney
Australia
April 27, 2017 -
Melbourne Documentary FestivalMelbourne
Australia
July 7, 2017
Distribution Information
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Bounty EntertainmentCountry: AustraliaRights: All Rights
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GlobosatCountry: BrazilRights: Free TV
Stephanie Clattenburg is a writer-director with over a decade's experience in the film and television industry. Her first feature length film, a documentary about the gender bias in the music industry titled PLAY YOUR GENDER, premiered at the Canberra International Film Festival. The film was recently awarded the ‘Edith Lando Peace Prize, which goes to the film to best utilizes the power of cinema to further the goal of social justice and peace’. Aside from her directing work she is also a camera operator and editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
In addition to her career in media production, Stephanie is a professional musician, having been a drummer in a variety of projects including The Superfantastics, Two Deaths and SheMachine. Clattenburg made her acting debut in 2014 when she starred in Andrea Dorfman’s HEARTBEAT, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Her latest short film, PLAY REWIND PLAY, is a time travel love story, which premiered at the Roswell Film Festival in April 2017.