Lindalee Tracey


Lindalee Tracey was a Canadian broadcast journalist, documentary filmmaker, writer, and exotic dancer. She is best known for the documentary film Not a Love Story, a controversial 1981 film about pornography. Her credits include work on many films on controversial topics.
Tracey died on October 19, 2006 after a four-year battle with breast cancer.

Career

Her appearance as a journalist in the film Not a Love Story marked a career change for Tracey. Bonnie Sherr Klein, one of the film's producers, described meeting Tracey when she was working as a stripper in Montreal. Sherr Klein described being impressed that Tracey's act was different than those of other women she met researching the film—playful and intelligent, allowing her to retain a greater measure of autonomy and self-respect. Tracey was hired to serve as one of the film's researchers and presenters.
Following her work on the film Tracey started working as a writer and researcher, and later a producer. Tracey and her husband, Peter Raymont, set up a production company that produced many of their later works. Most of the documentaries she worked on were serious, issue-oriented films.
She and Raymont created the television drama The Border, which was eventually broadcast in 2008.

Filmography

Tracey's friends and family created the Lindalee Tracey Award to celebrate her memory and her accomplishments. A Canadian filmmaker is given the annual award at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto.