# The Holier It Gets > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Holier_It_Gets > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Holier_It_Gets.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holier_It_Gets > Source revision: 1339147557 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2000 Canadian film The Holier It Gets Directed by Jennifer Baichwal Written by Jennifer Baichwal Produced by Jennifer Baichwal Nicholas de Pencier Cinematography Nicholas de Pencier Edited by David Wharnsby Production company Mercury Films Release date April 5, 2000 (2000-04-05) Running time 53 minutes Country Canada Language English ***The Holier It Gets*** is a Canadian documentary film, directed by [Jennifer Baichwal](/source/Jennifer_Baichwal) and released in 2000.[1] The film is a personal document of Baichwal and her family on a pilgrimage to [India](/source/India), honouring their father Krishna's wishes to have his ashes scattered at the source of the [Ganges](/source/Ganges) following his death.[2] It was screened at the 2000 [Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival), where it won the award for [Best Canadian Feature Documentary](/source/Hot_Docs_Award_for_Best_Canadian_Feature_Documentary).[3] It was distributed primarily on television, airing as an episode of [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario)'s documentary series *[The View from Here](/source/The_View_from_Here_(TV_series))* in 2000[4] and [Knowledge Network](/source/Knowledge_Network)'s *Perspectives* in 2001.[2] Following its television broadcast, it was a nominee for the [Donald Brittain Award](/source/Donald_Brittain_Award) at the [15th Gemini Awards](/source/15th_Gemini_Awards),[5] as well as winning the awards for Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series (Baichwal), Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series (Baichwal) and Best Editing in a Documentary Program or Series ([David Wharnsby](/source/David_Wharnsby)).[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Finbarr O'Reilly, "A personal journey, a family's quest: Filmmaker returns father's ashes to Indian homeland". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, April 5, 2000. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-reid_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-reid_2-1) Michael D. Reid, "Portrait of a Journey: Documentary chronicles family's pilgrimage to India to release father's ashes". *[Victoria Times-Colonist](/source/Victoria_Times-Colonist)*, April 18, 2001. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Hot Docs presents awards at seventh annual festival: Zyklon Portrait takes best short, editing, humanitarian prizes". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, May 8, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [John Doyle](/source/John_Doyle_(critic)), "John Doyle's Critical List". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, April 1, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Complete list of Gemini nominees". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, September 20, 2000. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "2000 Gemini Awards". *[Toronto Star](/source/Toronto_Star)*, October 30, 2000. ## External links - [*The Holier It Gets*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7719698/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Jennifer Baichwal Looking You in the Back of the Head (1997) Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998) The Holier It Gets (2000) The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (2002) Manufactured Landscapes (2006) Act of God (2009) Payback (2012) Watermark (2013) Long Time Running (2017) Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018) Into the Weeds (2022) v t e Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary Best Feature Documentary Chile, Obstinate Memory (1998) Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1999) The Holier It Gets (2000) My Left Breast and Out of the Fire (2001) The Fiancée of Life (2002) Rage Against the Darkness (2003) Army of One (2004) Hogtown: The Politics of Policing (2005) Martyr Street (2006) The Bodybuilder and I (2007) Flicker (2008) Invisible City (2009) In the Name of the Family (2010) Family Portrait in Black and White (2011) The World Before Her (2012) When I Walk (2013) Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014) Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015) Koneline: Our Land Beautiful (2016) Unarmed Verses (2017) A Little Wisdom (2018) Nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (2019) Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020) Zo Reken (2021) Geographies of Solitude (2022) I Lost My Mom (2023) The Soldier's Lagoon (2024) Agatha's Almanac (2025) Saigon Story: Two Shootings in the Forest Kingdom (2026) Special Jury Prize The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali (2003) Continuous Journey (2004) Mystic Ball (2006) Driven by Dreams (2007) Junior (2008) Waterlife (2009) Leave Them Laughing (2010) At Night, They Dance and The Guantanamo Trap (2011) Peace Out (2012) Alphée of the Stars (2013) Before the Last Curtain Falls (2014) The Amina Profile (2015) The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016) Resurrecting Hassan (2017) What Walaa Wants (2018) Prey (2019) Stateless (2020) One of Ours (2021) Rojek (2022) Caiti Blues (2023) Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (2024) Paul (2025) Ceremony (2026) This article related to a Canadian documentary film made from 2000 through 2009 is a stub. 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