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Biography. A native of Canada, Leonard Yakir studied film and photography at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. His work has been shown at numerous galleries including the prestigious Art Gallery of Ontario and is in the permanent collection of the National Film Board of Canada.
Our eldest son Philip became an educator while Leonard is a photographer in New York. I have been blessed with six grandchildren, two each from Philip, Leonard and the late Norman, and presently three great grandchildren. After sixty-one years of marriage, Rose passed away.
A film about #MMIWG, 1200+ is a documentary featuring Indigenous Leader Sheila North, Directed by Leonard Yakir and Co-produced by Sheila North and Leonard Yakir. Former Grand Chief Sheila North was gifted a diary kept by the foster parents of 17-year-old MMIWG2S+ victim Cherisse Houle.
1200+ Dir: Directed by Leonard Yakir. Former Grand Chief Sheila North investigates the unsolved murder of one of the 1200 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada.
Leonard Yakir lives and works in Park Slope, Brooklyn. A native of Canada, Leonard studied film and photography at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. His work has been shown at numerous galleries including the prestigious Art Gallery of Ontario and is in the permanent collection of the National Film Board of Canada.
Mar 14, 2018 · What an amazing and powerful experience today with the viewing of the film 1200+. Grand Chief Sheila North and Leonard Yakir produced a remarkable film about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women...
Sep 25, 1987 · The Yakir family, which suffered for generations under Soviet power, Thursday won a 14-year battle to emigrate to Israel. Even among the long-term Jewish refuseniks, it’s quite a story.
