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The Globe and Mail's Roy MacGregor in attendance March 22!

From the directors of Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, this documentary portrait unravels many of the mysteries surrounding this brilliant, beloved artist (including his contested cause of death), and features never-before-seen Thomson paintings. “As gorgeous as the iconic artist’s paintings.” (Ottawa Citizen)

On March 22, award-winning author and journalist Roy MacGregor will be on hand to introduce the film.

More about Roy MacGregor:

Before joining The Globe and Mail in 2002, Mr. MacGregor worked for the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, Maclean's magazine (three separate times), the Toronto Star and The Canadian Magazine. He has won numerous awards for his journalism, including two National Newspaper Awards, several National Magazine Awards and twice the ACTRA Award as the best television drama writer in the country.

He is also the author of nearly 40 books, 23 of them in the internationally-successful Screech Owls Mystery series for young readers. His adult books include A Life In the Bush, which won the Rutstrum Award as the best book on the wilderness published in North America between 1995-2000. His previous book, Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey, was nominated for the Governor-General's Award in 1996. He has also written two novels, Canoe Lake and The Last Season.

His latest book is Canadians: A Portrait of a Country and Its People.

In 2005 he was named an officer in the Order of Canada.