Jeff Barnaby, the Mi’kmaq filmmaker considered a pioneering visionary in modern Indigenous cinema, has died at 46.
Jeff Barnaby, the Mi’kmaq filmmaker considered a pioneering visionary in modern Indigenous cinema, died Thursday in Montreal after a long fight with cancer, his representatives saidHe was 46. “Jeff Barnaby’s films changed Canada, and played an outsize role in advancing the cultural and political imperative to reconcile with Indigenous peoples,” John Cristou, a collaborator and friend, said in a statement.
” Barnaby made his cinematic debut with 2013’s, a fiery indictment of Canada’s residential schools that launched the career of Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs. “Beautifully stubborn ’til the very end, Jeff Barnaby was bold in his life and his work,” Jacobs, who has gone on to star in shows like, said in a statement to social media. “... Jeff had an ineffable impact on my life. I wouldn’t be an actor today, if it weren’t for Jeff.
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