Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

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The life and career of the Canadian folk singer is revisited in : If You Can Read My Mind. Growing up in the Ontario city of Orillia, Gordon Lightfoot had his beginnings playing in the coffeehouses in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood. This would eventually lead to him signing with Warner Bros and becoming one of the most successful Canadian musicians of all time.

If You Could Read My Mind

Now in his 80s, Gordon Lightfoot is still going strong more than 60 years into his career. In , filmmakers Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni have unprecedented access to Lightfoot at his home and gets the stories behind his hit songs, such as “In the Early Morning Rain,” “Song for a Winter’s Night,” “Sundown,” “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” and of course “If You Could Read My Mind.” The film also features interviews with the members of Rush, The Guess Who, as well as Sarah McLachlan, , and actor . Altogether, Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is a film that should be satisfying for fans of Lightfoot.

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind opens on May 24, 2019 at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

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Sean Patrick Kelly

Sean Patrick Kelly is a Toronto-based freelance film critic and blogger with a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Media Studies from York University. Since founding his site in 2004, Sean has shared his passion for cinema through insightful reviews and commentary. His work has also been featured in prominent outlets, including Toronto Film Scene, HuffPost Canada, Screen Anarchy, ScreenRant, and Rue Morgue Magazine.