
The documentary also won two prestigious Chris Awards at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival. Storytelling is at the centre of everything I do - whether its documentaries, keynote speeches or. They are among the most important sounds we make, and communicate something essential. The latest Tweets from Mike Downie (MikeCDownie). Join us live and IG Wealth Management will make a 20 donation on your behalf to the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack fund. He is the winner of a Canadian Screen Award for Best Science Documentary for his film, Invasion of the Brain Snatchers. He received a Gemini Award nomination for Best Direction, and a nomination for the Allan King Award for Documentary Excellence for his film, One Ocean. Mike Downie (brother to Tragically Hip front man Gord Downie) is a writer and director of a new documentary called ‘Laughing and Crying Even before we can speak, humans learn to laugh and to cry. The result was their multi-media project Secret Path, consisting of a music album and a graphic novel and film (with artist Jeff Lemire), that has captured the hearts and minds of Canadians.Ī celebrated storyteller, Mike is writer, director, and producer of numerous documentaries, as well as a founder of Edgarland Films. Haunted, he shared the story with his brother, celebrated musician Gord Downie, and the two vowed to find a way to tell it to the world. Mr Mike Downie, Mr Michael Downie, Michael Downie, Mr Michael R Downie. When Mike Downie first heard the story of Chanie Wenjack-an Ojibway boy who died while running away from his residential school-it was like an arrow shot through his heart.
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Using the story of Chanie Wenjack as a starting point, Mike helps audiences understand Canada’s troubling legacy of residential schools, to explore how to reconcile with the past, and bring healing as individuals and as a nation. Were sorry but Podbean Player doesnt work properly without. Parents and community members are invited to attend an evening with celebrated storyteller and documentary filmmaker Mike Downie. A Powerful Conversation with Award-Winning Filmmaker Mike Downie. Trillium Lakelands District Schools board is hosting their 10th Annual Parent and Community Evening for First Nation, Metis, and Inuit Education with a special presentation by Mike Downie on at 7:00 p.m. Caisse Theatre box office at 705.645.8400. Mike Downie, Director: The Nature of Things.

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