2026 Sarasota Film Festival
Dawn, her Dad & the Tractor
2021• 1 hr 31 min• Canada• English
As a young trans woman and her estranged father begin to restore the old family tractor, they cautiously rebuild their relationship and come to understand the mechanics of the heart.
Directed by Shelley Thompson
Premiere: Florida
Narrative Feature
About This Event
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.
Cast
Maya V. Henry, Robb Wells, Amy Groening, Reid Price, Taylor Olson
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