INVASION is a short film made about the Unist’ot’en struggle against Coastal Gaslink, made in collaboration with Franklin Lopez and Sam Vinal, intended for community screenings.
Category: Video
Unsettling Canada 150
Posted onProduced for Idle No More. In honour of Art Manuel and the integrity with which he always began with the land and honoured the grassroots people, the #Unsettling150 crew are proud to launch this video filled with Art’s words, read by his daughter Kanahus Manuel, to launch the final lead-up to the national day of action, education, and reflection.
Black Pride 2017
Posted onDocumentary short on Black Lives Matter Toronto activists as they return to march in the 2017 Pride parade before a divided crowd.
Andrew Loku’s Inquest
Posted onShort documentary on the coroner’s inquest into Andrew Loku’s death, and the officer responsible for his homicide.
Algonquins of Barriere Lake Confront Copper One Shareholders
Posted onShort film on an Algonquin band councillor and a group of youth from Barriere Lake who traveled to the shareholder’s meeting of a company with a mining claim on unceded Algonquin territory.
Produced for Media Coop. Accompanying article by Shiri Pasternak
Black Pride
Posted onTwo short docs on Black Lives Matter Toronto’s direct actions around the Pride festival.
Blackcity Chronicles: Short docs from BLMTO’s tent city
Posted onI produced a five-part series of short documentaries for Black Lives Matter Toronto as they occupied Toronto Police headquarters for two weeks. These videos were each shot and edited the same day the story unfolded.
Activists Disrupt the World’s Largest Mining Convention
Activists disrupted the world’s largest mining convention to hold a vigil for the people killed in opposition to Canadian mining projects around the world. The protest came four days after Bertha Cáceras, an Indigenous leader from Honduras, was assassinated in her home. This short video was produced for Submedia.tv, an independent media channel run by Franklin Lopez.
AJ+: Unist’ot’en Camp Holding Their Ground Against Oil and Gas Pipelines
Posted onI spent several months filming this short documentary in Unist’ot’en territory as the RCMP and pipeline companies increased their presence in the area and attempted to force fracking infrastructure onto unceded Indigenous land. As of May 2016, this video has been viewed nearly 8 million times on Facebook. Edited by Franklin Lopez.