Donna Caruso's documentary Rapture Of The Deep, Canadian Poet, Anne Szumigalski is a free-ranging portrait of this major Canadian poet, based largely on interviews in Saskatoon shot shortly before her death April 22, 1999, at the age of 77. In those interviews, Anne’s brilliance shines as she talks about poetry, compost, and ways she embarrassed her children. Her life’s accomplishments were many – publications, awards, notoriously outrageous dances – but what she did, though significant, pales beside the way she did things. Poet? Yes. Personality? In spades. Rapture Of The Deep is about an unforgettable woman’s epic passion and joy for life. The evening is hosted by Anne's daughter Katherine Bitney and granddaugher Frances Bitney, who will be joined by Glen Sorestad, Saskatoon poet and colleague of Anne’s, for reminiscences on the Saskatoon writing and publishing community and Anne’s place within it.

PLUS: The book trailer produced by Vanessa Mancini for A Peeled Wand, which features recordings of Anne reading her poems.