''My Left Breast'' is a 2000 Canadian

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, directed by

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."Documentary debuts this weekend". '' The Western Star'', November 24, 2000. Starring Rogers and her partner Peg Norman, the film documents Rogers' experience being diagnosed with and treated for

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. The film was screened theatrically at selected documentary and LGBT film festivals in Canada and the United States, but was distributed primarily as an episode of the

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documentary series ''

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''. Rogers' tour to promote the film included an appearance on ''

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'' in December 2000.

Awards

The film won the award for Best Canadian Documentary at the 2001

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, the award for Best Canadian Film at the 2001

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, and the

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for Best History/Biography Documentary Program at the

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in 2001."CBC News wins five Geminis at opening gala". '' The Telegram'', October 28, 2001. The film also won awards from the Dallas OUT TAKES Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and the Boulder Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in 2001 and 2002.

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