Minutes ago, Leanne Pooley's THE TOPP TWINS became the first winner of the People's Choice Award for Documentary at the Toronto Film Festival, the first award specifically for nonfiction films at the major North American festival. The New Zealand-made docu tells the story of lesbian sister country music performers from that country.
Lee Daniel's PRECIOUS received the overall People's Choice Award. Toronto doesn't have jury prizes.
Already released in New Zealand, where the film broke all records for a documentary opening, the film previously won the audience award in Melbourne.
Writing for Movieline, S.T. Vanairsdale draws comparisons to ANVIL!:
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