Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor (2021) [N/A]

Featuring:
Maya V. Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening

Written by:
Shelley Thompson

Directed by:
Shelley Thompson


Release Date:
May 27, 2021

Original Title:
Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor

Genres:
Drama

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
CA: 18A 

Runtime: 90

Dawn returns home to Nova Scotia to mourn the death of her mother and repair the estrangement with her father, John Andrew. An ancient tractor becomes the focus for the mechanically-minded Dawn, but her father’s long-simmering resentments heighten tensions. Watching his daughter work to restore the tractor, he realises that reclaiming this relationship depends on his own coming out: supporting Dawn publicly and fighting malicious small-town transphobia.

When a young woman with a startling resemblance to John Andrew's wife Miranda appears days before her funeral, John Andrew MacGinnis begins an odyssey towards understanding. His son Donald is now Dawn, home to mourn her mother and repair the estrangement with her Dad. An ancient tractor becomes a focus for the mechanically-minded Dawn, but John Andrew's long-simmering resentments about the tractor heighten family tensions. As they restore the family tractor Dawn and her Dad cautiously rebuild their relationship and come to understand the mechanics of the heart.

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Dawn, Her Dad & The Tractor (2021) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.2/10
Awards Won: 1 win & 4 nominations

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