Contributing Writer

Laura Anne Harris

Laura Anne Harris is a writer, performer, director, and reviewer. Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Laura wrote and starred in Pitch Blond at the 2007 Victoria Fringe Festival where she won the 2007 Critic’s Choice Award for ‘Best Fringe Production.’ Laura first full-length play Red/Rouge will receive its international debut in Bangkok, Thailand at the IF Festival. Laura is a member of the Playwright Guild of Canada.

Laura Anne Harris / June 19, 2018

Beatrice Behn: ‘BDSM is a more conscious way of living’

The Artist and the Pervert directors Behn and René Gebhardt on making a documentary that doesn't other BDSM, but treats it with good humour and respect. …

Laura Anne Harris / May 18, 2018

HotDocs interview: Meet the women of the ISIS resistance

Alba Sotorra on her documentary Commander Arian, which follows a group of Syrian women fighting against ISIS. …

Laura Anne Harris / May 4, 2018

The Night of all Nights asks: How do couples stay together?

Director Yasemin Samdereli worked through doubts about her own marriage by making a documentary about long-term relationships and what makes them last. …

Laura Anne Harris / May 1, 2018

Blowin’ Up: Inside a courtroom that protects sex workers

Director Stephanie Wang-Breal on portraying sex workers with dignity in her documentary Blowin' Up. …

Laura Anne Harris / April 28, 2018

HotDocs Interview: Slut or Nut exposes sexism in rape trials

Canadian filmmaker Kelly Showker discusses her film which documents Mandi Gray's gruel ling Toronto rape trial as she tries to find justice. …

Laura Anne Harris / March 10, 2018

Director Ann Shin on making My Enemy, My Brother

Director Ann Shin and producer Hannah Donegan discuss the making of My Enemy, My Brother, Shin's poignant documentary about two men who fought on opposite sides …

Laura Anne Harris / January 25, 2018

Laura Anne Harris picks the six best performances of 2017

Laura Anne Harris takes a look at six of the best performances of 2017 and examines what makes them so thoughtful and detailed. Read the rest of our best of the …

Laura Anne Harris / June 14, 2017

Review: The Public Theater takes a joyous, bare bones Twelfth Night on the road

The Public Theater Mobile Unit brings Shakespeare’s farcical romance of mistaken identities, Twelfth Night, to prisons, community centers, and more in New York …

Laura Anne Harris / June 7, 2017

Review: Linney and Nixon impress in Little Foxes on Broadway

Director Daniel Sullivan makes the most out of Lillian Hellman’s uneven Little Foxes, creating a showcase for Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon. Lillian …

Laura Anne Harris / May 11, 2017

HotDocs Interview: Marie Clements chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement in musical doc The Road Forward

Indigenous musician Marie Clements discusses her musical documentary, The Road Forward, which chronicles Canada’s Indigenous Civil Rights Movement. …