Lorraine Price
Lorraine Price is a Montreal-based photographer, writer, and director. Her work explores taboo subjects, focuses on strong female voices, and challenges singular truths. Her films have been screened internationally. In 2013, she co-directed her first feature documentary Last Woman Standing, which looks at the world of women's boxing. In 2020, she directed On The Line, a new sports documentary as part of TSN's documentary series Engraved on a Nation, which tells the story of the 20-year rivalry between the American and Canadian women's hockey teams. In 2021, she directed and produced the short documentary The Hairdresser, a poetic film about a woman who does the hair of palliative care patients. The film had its world premiere at Hot Docs where it received an honorable mention.
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The Hairdresser
Kathleen is a hairdresser. Always has been. Always will be. Even at 83, she's still doing hair. But not in the way you would expect. Her work is special. For the last 31 years, Kathleen has been primping and pampering terminally ill patients in palliative care. In this short documentary, Kathleen reflects on her experience as we bear witness to her unusual work.
The Hairdresser
Kathleen is a hairdresser. Always has been. Always will be. Even at 83, she's still doing hair. But not in the way you would expect. Her work is special. For the last 31 years, Kathleen has been primping and pampering terminally ill patients in palliative care. In this short documentary, Kathleen reflects on her experience as we bear witness to her unusual work.
