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Wayne Lavallee

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Biography: Wayne Lavallee is an actor, musician, score composer of film and dance who received 3 Leo Awards nominations for his original music scores for the award winning NFB documentaries The Road Forward, Holy Angels and the feature motion picture Red Snow written and directed by Marie Clements. He is inspired to create music that is rooted in his Indigenous culture, a hybrid of unique modern sounds with old world sounds that evoke the ancient spirit within.

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Gender: Male

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Overview: Cree matriarch Aline Spears survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division of the Canadian Air Force as a Cree code talker in World War II. The story unfolds over 100 years with a cumulative force that propels us into the future.

Genres: Drama History

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2023-06-02

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Overview: An intimate look into the mind of Niall McNeil, an artist and performer with Down syndrome, and his unique chosen family. In Lay Down Your Heart, Niall introduces us to his many “family members,” his multiple “children,” his renowned “ex-wife” and director of the film Marie Clements, and other bonds forged through open-hearted creativity.

Genres: Documentary

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2022-10-06

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Overview: The Road Forward is an electrifying musical documentary that connects a pivotal moment in Canada’s civil rights history—the beginnings of Indian Nationalism in the 1930s—with the powerful momentum of First Nations activism today. Interviews and musical sequences describe how a tiny movement, the Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood, grew to become a successful voice for change across the country. Visually stunning, The Road Forward seamlessly connects past and present through superbly produced story-songs with soaring vocals, blues, rock, and traditional beats.

Genres: Documentary Music

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2017-04-30

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Overview: A down-on-his-luck First Nations Archeologist seeking redemption teams up with a group of misfits from the Rez to break into a museum and reclaim sacred artifacts that rightfully belong to their people.

Genres: Comedy

Original Language: en

Release Date: 2024-05-04

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