Editing École Polytechnique massacre (section)

==Depiction in media==
The event has also been commemorated in the arts. The critically acclaimed movie [[Polytechnique (film)|''Polytechnique'']], directed by [[Denis Villeneuve]], was released in 2009 and caused discussion over the desirability of reliving the tragedy in a mainstream film.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kelley |first=Brendan |date=January 1, 2009 |title=Polytechnique: open to debate |work=[[Montreal Gazette|The Gazette]] |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Polytechnique+open+debate/1236248/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418002308/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Polytechnique%2Bopen%2Bdebate/1236248/story.html |archive-date=April 18, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hamilton |first=Graeme |date=January 28, 2009 |title=Montreal massacre film brings up 'too many memories' |work=[[National Post]] |location=Canada |url=https://nationalpost.com/related/topics/Montreal%2Bmassacre%2Bfilm%2Bbrings%2Bmany%2Bmemories/1228750/story.html |url-status=dead |access-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101023220959/http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/Montreal+massacre+film+brings+many+memories/1228750/story.html |archive-date=October 23, 2010 |df=mdy}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite book |last=Boileau |first=Josée |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aHwpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |title=Because They Were Women: The Montreal Massacre |publisher=Second Story Press |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-77260-143-5 |pages=146–7 |language=en |access-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206193434/https://books.google.com/books?id=aHwpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |url-status=live }}</ref>   In a play about the shootings by [[Adam Kelly]] called ''[[The Anorak]]'', the audience are separated by gender: it was named as one of the best plays of 2004 by the [[Montreal Gazette|Montreal ''Gazette'']].<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":17" /> [[Colleen Murphy (filmmaker)|Colleen Murphy's]] play ''The December Man (L'homme de décembre)'' was first staged in Calgary in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Posner |first=Michael |date=April 10, 2008 |title=A brutal massacre makes for a delicate art |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-brutal-massacre-makes-for-a-delicate-art/article1054299/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331122619/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/a-brutal-massacre-makes-for-a-delicate-art/article1054299/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=April 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":17" />  [[Wajdi Mouawad]]'s 2007 play ''Forêts'' was inspired by and contains echoes of the tragedy.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":10" /> In 2009 Quebec playwright Gilbert Turp wrote ''Pur chaos du désir'', which examined a marriage breakdown in the aftermath of the Polytechnique killings.<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":10" /> Several songs have been written about the events, including "This Memory" by the folk duo the [[Wyrd Sisters (band)|Wyrd Sisters]],<ref name=":0" /> "Montreal"' by [[The Tragically Hip]]<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tragically-hip-saskadelphia-1.6033831 "Tragically Hip to release album with 6 unreleased tracks"]; {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609025318/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tragically-hip-saskadelphia-1.6033831|date=June 9, 2021}}. [[CBC News]], May 20, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLb52ILCgw The Tragically Hip - Montréal (Live From Molson Center, Montréal/2000)] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210101303/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaLb52ILCgw |date=December 10, 2022 }}) on [[YouTube]], 6 December 2021.</ref> and "6 December 1989" by the Australian singer [[Judy Small]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tomm |first=Winnie |date=October 30, 2010 |title=Bodied Mindfulness: Women's Spirits, Bodies and Places |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dnfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT75 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025346/https://books.google.com/books?id=_dnfAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT75 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live |publisher=[[Wilfrid Laurier University Press]] |pages=75 |isbn=9781554588022 |access-date=September 20, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>