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The film's production was affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]]. However, as principal photography was already completed, it mainly affected tasks such as editing and post-production work that could be done remotely.<ref name=covid/>
The film's production was affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Canada]]. However, as principal photography was already completed, it mainly affected tasks such as editing and post-production work that could be done remotely.<ref name=covid/>


The film premiered at the [[2020 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=tiff>Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2020/07/30/tiff-announces-all-50-titles-for-pandemic-tailored-2020-event.html "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 30, 2020.</ref> It was subsequently screened at the 2020 [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]], where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.<ref name=2020awards>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2020/10/05/inside-out-lgbt-film-fest-reveals-prize-winners-early.html "Inside Out LGBT film fest reveals prize winners early"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 5, 2020.</ref>
The film premiered at the [[2020 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name=tiff>Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2020/07/30/tiff-announces-all-50-titles-for-pandemic-tailored-2020-event.html "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031022729/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2020/07/30/tiff-announces-all-50-titles-for-pandemic-tailored-2020-event.html |date=2020-10-31 }}. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', July 30, 2020.</ref> It was subsequently screened at the 2020 [[Inside Out Film and Video Festival]], where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.<ref name=2020awards>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2020/10/05/inside-out-lgbt-film-fest-reveals-prize-winners-early.html "Inside Out LGBT film fest reveals prize winners early"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', October 5, 2020.</ref>


Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to ''No Ordinary Man''.
Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to ''No Ordinary Man''.
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For ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'' and ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', Kevin Ritchie praised the film, writing that its "overlapping realizations create a complex portrait while making ''No Ordinary Man'' as much about the present as it is about the past. [It] ultimately builds to a moving and surprising climax in which the empathetic trans views of Tipton are finally able to eclipse the parochial tabloid tale."<ref>Kevin Ritchie, [https://www.straight.com/movies/viff-review-no-ordinary-man-about-jazz-musician-and-trans-icon-billy-tipton-packs-an "VIFF review: ''No Ordinary Man'', about jazz musician and trans icon Billy Tipton, packs an emotional wallop"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', September 19, 2020.</ref>
For ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'' and ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', Kevin Ritchie praised the film, writing that its "overlapping realizations create a complex portrait while making ''No Ordinary Man'' as much about the present as it is about the past. [It] ultimately builds to a moving and surprising climax in which the empathetic trans views of Tipton are finally able to eclipse the parochial tabloid tale."<ref>Kevin Ritchie, [https://www.straight.com/movies/viff-review-no-ordinary-man-about-jazz-musician-and-trans-icon-billy-tipton-packs-an "VIFF review: ''No Ordinary Man'', about jazz musician and trans icon Billy Tipton, packs an emotional wallop"]. ''[[The Georgia Straight]]'', September 19, 2020.</ref>


The film was named to TIFF's year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for feature films.<ref>Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475 "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020"]. ''[[Squamish Chief (newspaper)|Squamish Chief]]'', December 9, 2020.</ref> It was subsequently named as a [[Prix Iris]] nominee for the [[Prix Iris Public Prize|Public Prize]] at the [[23rd Quebec Cinema Awards]].<ref name=documentaries>[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1791413/quebec-cinema-decide-finalement-dinclure-les-documentaires-pour-le-prix-du-public "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], May 7, 2021.</ref>
The film was named to TIFF's year-end [[Canada's Top Ten]] list for feature films.<ref>Victoria Ahearn, [https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475 "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104154028/https://www.squamishchief.com/toronto-international-film-festival-releases-top-ten-lists-for-2020-1.24252475|date=2021-01-04}}. ''[[Squamish Chief (newspaper)|Squamish Chief]]'', December 9, 2020.</ref>


In ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Richard Brody writes: "In ''No Ordinary Man'', the directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt go fascinatingly, probingly further, to question the very prospect of making a biographical film about their subject, the trans jazz musician Billy Tipton. ''No Ordinary Man'', in that sense, is a genre unto itself, a meta-biographical film about a musician who earned his place in history posthumously, for reasons that he carefully avoided revealing throughout his life."<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/no-ordinary-man-reviewed-portrait-of-an-artist-enduring-transphobia-after-his-death ''No Ordinary Man'', Reviewed: Portrait of an Artist Enduring Transphobia After His Death] ''[[The New Yorker]], July 16, 2021.</ref>
In ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Richard Brody writes: "In ''No Ordinary Man'', the directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt go fascinatingly, probingly further, to question the very prospect of making a biographical film about their subject, the trans jazz musician Billy Tipton. ''No Ordinary Man'', in that sense, is a genre unto itself, a meta-biographical film about a musician who earned his place in history posthumously, for reasons that he carefully avoided revealing throughout his life."<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/no-ordinary-man-reviewed-portrait-of-an-artist-enduring-transphobia-after-his-death ''No Ordinary Man'', Reviewed: Portrait of an Artist Enduring Transphobia After His Death] ''[[The New Yorker]]'', July 16, 2021.</ref>


===Accolades===
===Accolades===
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No Ordinary Man
Directed byAisling Chin-Yee
Chase Joynt
Written byAisling Chin-Yee
Amos Mac
Produced bySarah Spring
CinematographyLéna Mill-Reuillard
Edited byAisling Chin-Yee
Music byRich Aucoin
Billy Tipton
Production
company
Parabola Films
Distributed byOscilloscope, Radiant Films International, Les Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10) (TIFF)[1]
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$15,508[2][3]

No Ordinary Man is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt, and written by Aisling Chin-Yee and Amos Mac.[4] It is a portrait of Billy Tipton, the jazz musician who was revealed after his death to have been transgender.[5][6]

The film's production was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. However, as principal photography was already completed, it mainly affected tasks such as editing and post-production work that could be done remotely.[5]

The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.[7] It was subsequently screened at the 2020 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film.[8]

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to No Ordinary Man.

Critical response

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For Now and The Georgia Straight, Kevin Ritchie praised the film, writing that its "overlapping realizations create a complex portrait while making No Ordinary Man as much about the present as it is about the past. [It] ultimately builds to a moving and surprising climax in which the empathetic trans views of Tipton are finally able to eclipse the parochial tabloid tale."[9]

The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for feature films.[10]

In The New Yorker, Richard Brody writes: "In No Ordinary Man, the directors Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt go fascinatingly, probingly further, to question the very prospect of making a biographical film about their subject, the trans jazz musician Billy Tipton. No Ordinary Man, in that sense, is a genre unto itself, a meta-biographical film about a musician who earned his place in history posthumously, for reasons that he carefully avoided revealing throughout his life."[11]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2021 Directors Guild of Canada Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film Chase Joynt, Aisling-Chin Yee Nominated [12]
2022 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Documentary No Ordinary Man Nominated [13]

References

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  1. ^ "No Ordinary Man". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ "No Ordinary Man (2021)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "No Ordinary Man (2021)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "‘Inconvenient Indian’, ‘New Corporation’, ‘No Ordinary Man’ Rep Canadian Docs in TIFF Line-up". Point of View, July 30, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Pat Mullen, "Canada at Cannes: Documentary in the Time of COVID". Point of View, June 25, 2020.
  6. ^ Knegt, Peter (31 March 2021). "The media tainted the story of trans jazz musician Billy Tipton. This film wants to tell his truth". CBC Arts. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF announces all 50 titles for pandemic-tailored 2020 event" Archived 2020-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, July 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Inside Out LGBT film fest reveals prize winners early". Toronto Star, October 5, 2020.
  9. ^ Kevin Ritchie, "VIFF review: No Ordinary Man, about jazz musician and trans icon Billy Tipton, packs an emotional wallop". The Georgia Straight, September 19, 2020.
  10. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Toronto International Film Festival releases Top Ten lists for 2020" Archived 2021-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Squamish Chief, December 9, 2020.
  11. ^ No Ordinary Man, Reviewed: Portrait of an Artist Enduring Transphobia After His Death The New Yorker, July 16, 2021.
  12. ^ Kelly Townsend, "All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards". Playback, September 24, 2021.
  13. ^ "The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
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