Escape to Canada (2005)

ESCAPE TO CANADA (Albert Nerenberg, CANADA, 2005) Called ‘an altogether winning portrait of a country’ by Variety and a ‘fantastic drama’ by the Montreal Mirror, Escape to Canada is a comical, hot-blooded voyage across Canada’s freedom adventure. The film spotlights the ‘Summer of Legalization’, when same-sex marriage spread from province to province and marijuana cafes opened across the land. Suddenly Canada is a refuge for a AWOL soldiers fleeing the war in IRAQ, gay couples fleeing Bush’s America and ‘reefer refugees’. ‘Albert Nerenberg director of the hit Stupidity along with a team of videographers tell it with blazing cinematography and comic absurdity.’ With Conservatives in power and many of its character’s now in peril, Escape to Canada is the ‘Battle for Canada’ revealed. Escape is a weird kind of party movie, stoned or not, Escape to Canada will give you a patriotic rush. A National Film Board of Canada and Elevator Films co-production for Canal D, Documentary Channel and Movie Central. Produced by Shannon Brown. 84 Minutes