Passengers

Evocative and dreamlike, PASSENGERS is a compelling and moving exploration of the relationship between a daughter and her father as she matures from childhood to adulthood. On the day of his funeral, she draws on the legacy of his love in order to come to terms with her own sexual identity.

Zuckerman graduated from McGill University's film program in 1980 and has been a documentary filmmaker for the past fifteen years. Previous work includes "Exposure", a Gemini-nominated one-hour documentary connecting environmental toxins and breast cancer, starring Olivia Newton-John; "Half the Kingdom", a National Film Board co-production, an award-winning documentary about the struggles of seven contemporary Jewish women, and "Punch Me In the Stomach", a feature film adaptation of an off-Broadway solo performance piece, honored in Seattle at the Women and Cinema Festival. Zuckerman's work has been invited to participate in over 20 international film festivals and her films have been broadcast throughout North America, on PBS in the United States and CBC in Canada, Channel 4 in England, SBS in Australia, and TV3 in New Zealand, as well as Irish Television, Dutch Television, and Finnish Television. "Passengers' was co-produced and co-written by Zuckerman. Her new work includes a collaboration with Paula Fleck, a feature film to be shot in Montreal, and an anthology series for television based on the short stories of renowned Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, co-produced by Shaftesbury Films.