Sisterhood (2019 film)

{{short description|2019 documentary film by Maxime Faure}}

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| name = Sisterhood

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Ainsi soient-elles}}

| image = AINSI_SOIENT-ELLES_FR_AFFICHE.jpg

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| director = Maxime Faure

| producer = Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre
Estelle Robin You

| writer =

| music = Camille Poliquin

| cinematography = Léna Mill-Reuillard

| editing = Karen Benainous

| studio = Les Films du Balibari
Metafilms

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| released = {{Film date|2019|11|17|RIDM}}

| runtime = 75 minutes

| country = Canada

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Sisterhood ({{langx|fr|Ainsi soient-elles}}) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Maxime Faure and released in 2019.Allegra Moyle, [https://povmagazine.com/sisterhood-review-questioning-the-need-to-be-a-nun/ "Sisterhood Review: Questioning the Need to Be a Nun"]. Point of View, June 11, 2021. The film profiles the Society of Helpers of the Holy Spirit, a Montreal-based social justice-oriented order of Roman Catholic nuns who are now in decline as only eight of them remain and all are in their 80s.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1800983/groupe-religieuses-feministes-ainsi-soient-elles-documentaire "Un groupe de religieuses féministes à l’honneur dans Ainsi soient-elles"]. Ici Radio-Canada, June 11, 2021.

The film premiered in November 2019 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[http://www.lienmultimedia.com/spip.php?article73258 "RIDM : Maxime Faure pénètre le quotidien d’un groupe de religieuses féministes avec « Ainsi soient-elles »"]. Lien Multimédia, November 19, 2019. and continued to have film festival screenings in 2020,[https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/as-tickets-go-on-sale-cinefest-announces-more-films "As tickets go on sale, Cinefest announces more films"]. Sudbury Star, August 29, 2020. although due to the disruptions of film distribution in 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it only went into wider commercial release in 2021.André Lavoie, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/609672/cinema-fermer-les-livres-avec-serenite? "Fermer les livres avec sérénité"]. Le Devoir, June 11, 2021.

Léna Mill-Reuillard received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022.Stéphanie Nolin, [https://showbizz.net/cinema/gala-quebec-cinema-2022-vincent-guillaume-otis-sacre-meilleur-acteur "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur"]. Showbizz, June 5, 2022.