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Summary. 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.
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...
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.
Jun 3, 2024 · Filmmaker Leonard Yakir, 77, was a founder of the Winnipeg Film Group. (Supplied) The film’s setting came to Yakir after his own father Abraham retired.
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Writer: The Mourning Suit. Leonard Yakir is known for The Mourning Suit (1975), Out of the Blue (1980) and 1200+ (2015).
Mar 6, 2013 · Catch An Evening with Leonard Yakir on Friday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Yakir will introduce the world premiere of his latest documentary The Ruby Concerts (60 min.) and a screening of his cult classic,Main Street Soldier (35 min.). For ticket information, visit Cinematheque (100 Arthur St.) or www.winnipegfilmgroup.com.
