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If you don’t already know who Rosalie Abella is, then it is high time you learned

Barry Avrich

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Canada

2023

English

Rosalee Abella, Margaret Atwood, Joe Clark

Barry Avrich

The spirited, progressive, eccentric former Canadian Supreme Court Justice stood out in that august body like a splash of colourful paint on a grey wall.

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"If you don’t already know who Rosalie Abella is, then it is high time you learned – and the best entry point is Without Precedent, a new documentary that explores one extremely remarkable, perhaps underappreciated life." Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail

Acclaimed filmmaker Barry Avrich chronicles the career of Rosalie Abella, the former Supreme Court Justice of Canada, who stood up for many marginalized communities during her long legal career. While Abella speaks candidly as she reflects on her career and marriage to famed historian Irving Abella (who also appears in the film), Without Precedent also features interviews with friends, colleagues and admirers from diverse political and ideological backgrounds, such as Margaret Atwood, Brian Mulroney, Charles Bronfman, Paul Martin, Adam Gopnik and more.