The Communist's Daughter

The Communist's Daughter is a Canadian comedy digital series, which premiered on CBC Gem in 2021 and is loosely based on creator, head writer and director Leah Cameron's own life.[1] The series was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards [2] and won the Web Series World Cup in 2021, making it the most awarded series in the world digital festival circuit that year, the first Canadian series to win the cup and Cameron the first female creator to win it.[3] Set in 1989, just before the Berlin Wall is about to fall, the series stars Sofia Banzhaf as Dunyasha McDougald, the teenage daughter of Marxist activist parents Ian (Aaron Poole) and Carol (Jessica Holmes) McDougald; after the family moves to a new—and conservative—Toronto neighbourhood, she falls for wealthy introvert Marc L'Ouverture (Kolton Stewart) despite being an outsider in her new school's social hierarchy, only for her father to mount a municipal council campaign against incumbent councillor Rod Bigmann (Chris Locke), Marc's step-father.[4]

The cast also includes Ryan Taerk, Nadine Bhabha, Zoe Cleland, Vieslav Krystyan, George Stroumboulopoulos, Sandra Battaglini, Neema Nazeri, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Nadine Whiteman Roden and Jacob Soley.[5]

  1. ^ , “WIDC Featured Voices: Leah Cameron, The Communist’s Daughter”. WIDC, May 1, 2021 by Carol Whiteman
  2. ^ Canadian Academy,"Winners-2022-printable-list” Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, March 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Etan Vlessing, "‘Communist Daughter’ Director on Uber-Left Comedy, Socialism and Marxism: 'They’re Worth Fighting For'". The Hollywood Reporter, December 9, 2021.
  4. ^ John Doyle, "Great farce material: Having fun with communism". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 2021.
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