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An intimate look at our national sport, hockey, through the young hockey players of the South Asian community from the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Only a few will get to the next level so the stakes and drama are high; not just for the players, but for their parents and their community, who have so much invested in these boys as they strive to become accepted in this game and country for who they are. This is Hoop Dreams on ice.
Post-Production
Available In All Territories Excluding Canada
Feature Documentary
Partners Telus Originals, TVOntario, Creative BC
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From infamy to inspiration, how a notorious photo became an iconic Indigenous meme and a rallying cry for Indigenous peoples to assert their digital sovereignty.
Development with Director/Producer Damien Eagle Bear
12-15 minute Animated Documentary
Funders Creative BC, BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, The Indigenous Screen Office
Abuse, fraud, betrayal. The dramatic story of a spiritual leader, Yogi Bhajan, those he led, those left behind, and the collateral damage.
Development in partnership with Vivamantra Films
Feature Documentary
Partners CBC Documentaries, Telefilm, Canada Council for the Arts
What is it like to wake up and find yourself stateless? On August 9th,1972 Idi Amin gave the approximately 80K Asians in Uganda 90 days to leave or suffer the consequences. Thus began the remarkable journey of the Gujaratis, Ismailis, Goans, and Sikhs, or Asians as they were known in East Africa, as they escaped Uganda to eventually settle in Canada and other parts of the western world. This event changed the course of their lives, East African Asian and Indigenous African, and today they are still affected by the trauma of colonization.
Development
40 – 60 minute Documentary
Partners The Knowledge Network and the Canadian Media Fund
An unfinished autobiography and a grandson’s desire to fill in the gaps. The Legend of Jim Wells III is the story of filmmaker Damien Eagle Bears journey into his grandfather’s past and the intergenerational trauma that has echoed through his own life. This short animated documentary is constructed from the words of Jim Wells III through his many journals, resumes, and articles that were passed onto Damien when Jim passed on, the reflections of his friends and family and through the stories Damien knew of this iconic man of the Kainai people..
Development with Director/Producer Damien Eagle Bear
12-15 minute Animated Documentary
Funders Creative BC, BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, The Indigenous Screen Office