Love Shines, which received its world premiere at VIFF, is an intimate portrait of the Canadian music scene’s most under-appreciated artist, singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith.
It's not like it hasn't been done a hundred times before: the rock documentary that chronicles the flip side of the dude on the record. But Douglas Arrowsmith's Love Shines, which has its world premiere Friday at the VIFF, is about Ron Sexsmith -- perhaps the most enigmatic Canadian singer-songwriter that ever was.