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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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
Mar 6, 2013 · Before there were Indiegogo campaigns and the iPhone 5, Leonard Yakir spent years preparing his films the old fashioned way. “You can make a movie with your iPhone now in five minutes,” Yakir states emphatically during a Skype conversation from his home in Brooklyn, New York.
Leonard Yakir. Writer: The Mourning Suit. Leonard Yakir is known for The Mourning Suit (1975), Out of the Blue (1980) and 1200+ (2015).
