Wednesday 2 November 2011

Weengushk Film Institute: Click to support Native filmmakers!


Weengushk Film Institute seeks votes, funding to keep inspiring Native filmmakers

Here's the link for the Aviva Fund! Your click of support will help secure a chance at funding for the future:

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11383
Voting for Round 2 ends on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 12PM ET.
Voting for the Semi-Finals begins on Monday, December 5 at 12PM ET
Weengushk Film Institute is a non-profit organization that has been created to not just make films, but to make filmmakers. This charitable organization is an artist-focused film and television training center, dedicated to unlocking the creative potential of peoples of diversity and at-risk-youth.

Shirley Cheechoo was inspired to create Weengushk Film Institute in response to the absence of training opportunities for Aboriginals and people of diversity in Northern Ontario. When shooting her first feature film "Bearwalker" on Manitoulin Island, local youth were invited to be a part of various departments in the production. The response was staggering: every department had an interested youth on hand. After the completion of the feature film many of these people have went on to create commercially viable media projects and launch a career of their own in the industry. It wa [...]



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