“Naskumituwin” Heritage Minute

2016-06-29T00:10:04-04:00

About The Breath was hired on to work with Historica Canada to make two Heritage Minutes. Director Shane Belcourt and Producer Michelle St. John worked closely with screenwriter Joseph Campbell to bring these challenging issues into one-minute education spots. Synopsis The making of Treaty 9 from the perspective of historical witness George Spence, an 18-year-old [...]

Tkaronto

2016-10-12T19:02:30-04:00

About In 2007 The Breath's debut feature film, Tkaronto, made it's world premiere at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada. As the Closing Night film it played to a sold out audience and quickly was sold to Kinosmith for distribution. Shortly thereafter it toured various films festivals picking up Directing Awards and [...]

A Common Experience

2016-10-12T19:02:30-04:00

About  This short film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the “Not Short on Talent” Telefilm Program, was a collaboration between director Shane Belcourt and playwright Yvette Nolan. This visual poetic short film was realized with the key collaboration of Cinematographer Daniel Grant and Production Designer David Hannan. Shot on Six Nations, this [...]

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