In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in "A Winter Tan", a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book "Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico", later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film, and won several more Genies and Geminis during her career.