One of the most amazing and difficult videos I’ve made. Consecutive governments have neglected our first nations communities and Attawapiskat became a symbol of that neglect. In the fall and winter of 2011 this community was bullied by our government after they had declared a state of emergency due to the sub-standard housing and living conditions. Nycole Turmel and Charlie Angus visited the community first hand and spoke with the leaders and surveyed the conditions people were living in.

There continues to be a positivity, leadership and hope that grows and thrives there in spite of the systemic neglect, blame and poverty that exists in Attawapiskat (and so many other communities like it throughout Canada).

2 parts animation, 1 part live action… One of the most fun projects on both the the Ontario and Federal election campaigns that I have worked have been these 2 Minute ads. The extra length affords the opportunity to make a more message focused ad that can go beyond most of the tag lines and commercial politics. In Ontario we used the time talk about voter disenfranchisement and the disconnection of the public from political discourse… Most of this because the most common dialogue these days promotes cynicism and fear, as opposed to choice and collaboration. A similar message to the Federal piece, but a different tone and treatment.

Le message de la campagne seconde.

The second campaign message.

L’un des quatre messages courte vidéo, deux messages dans l’ensemble, quatre vidéos, deux Anglais et deux en français.

One of the four short video messages, two overall messages, four videos, two english and two in french.