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Ipperwash Revisited: The Death of Dudley George in CTV’s One Dead Indian, Premiering January 4

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Toronto, ON (December 5, 2005) – Ipperwash: 10 years after aboriginal protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an Ontario Provincial Police officer, the name of the provincial park that was the site of his death has become synonymous with unanswered questions and political innuendo. Now, as testimony heats up at the controversial inquiry, CTV announces that its gripping original movie One Dead Indian will premiere on Wednesday, January 4 at 8 p.m. E.T. on CTV and in High Definition on CTV HD East and CTV HD West (check local listings).

The timely and tragic story, based on Peter Edwards’ book One Dead Indian: The Premier, The Police and the Ipperwash Crisis, focuses on the Ipperwash Crisis, the tragic 1995 incident whose aftermath reverberated from Dudley George’s family and community to the halls of Queen’s Park. The movie stars Dakota House as Dudley George and Eric Schweig as Dudley’s brother Sam.

In September 1995, members of the Stoney Point Native community gathered in Ontario’s Ipperwash Provincial Park to protest a long-standing ancestral burial ground claim. In the end, protester Slippery George was almost beaten to death while Dudley George was shot dead by Ontario Provincial Police officer Kenneth Deane. For the past 10 years, Dudley’s brother Sam and his family have been determined not to let Dudley’s death - and the efforts of the Stoney Point community to reclaim the land - be in vain.

The Ipperwash Crisis left Sam George and many others wondering how a peaceful protest in a provincial park could end in deadly police violence. Was it a police matter or did political pressure influence the outcome? Sam George’s relentless search for answers about why police were sent into the park that night helped lead to Kenneth Deane’s trial and, ultimately, a public inquiry into the shooting. The inquiry, called by Premier Dalton McGuinty, began in 2004 and continues today with over 90 witnesses heard to date. Former Premier Mike Harris, who maintains that he never gave instructions for police to remove protesters, is expected to testify in mid-January 2006.

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“Dudley George’s story is one that demanded to be told to a national television audience,” said Susanne Boyce, CTV’s President of Programming and Chair of the CTV Media Group. “One Dead Indian takes viewers beyond the headlines and past the rhetoric into the heart of a family and their demand for justice.”

When asked about the controversial title of his book - and subsequently the title of CTV’s original movie - author Peter Edwards says One Dead Indian was used to illustrate the injustice and prejudice of the Ipperwash Crisis. “Obviously, the politically correct term would be One Dead Nishnawbe, but if people thought that way, Dudley George wouldn’t be dead. I saw the title as a way of turning an ugly phrase back on people who use, or think it. The phrase ‘One Dead Indian’ is an ugly but revealing mirror.”

One Dead Indian features Dakota House (Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making) as Dudley George; Eric Schweig (Shania: A Life in Eight Albums) as brother Sam; Gary Farmer (A Thief of Time; DreamKeeper) as cousin Judas George; Ben Cardinal (Big Bear) as Slippery George; Gordon Tootoosis (Into the West) as Clifford George; Pamela Matthews (North of 60) as sister Carolyn George; the late Robert Manitopyes (DaVinci's Inquest) as Native Band Councilor Booper George and Glen Gould (DaVinci's Inquest) as an active native protester. On the police force, the role of the Field Commander is captured by Stephen McHattie (History of Violence, Secretary) and Inspector Dale Linton is played by Frank Schorpion (Monica La Mitraille; The Day After Tomorrow). OPP officer Kenneth Deane is portrayed by Bruce Ramsay (Bonnano: A Godfather's Story; DaVinci's Inquest) and Gabrielle Miller (Corner Gas) plays a senior government official.

Filmed in and around Montreal, Quebec, One Dead Indian is directed by Gemini award- winner Tim Southam (The Bay of Love and Sorrows; The Tale of Teeka; North of 60) from a script by Andrew Wreggitt and Hugh Graham. Director of Photography is Eric Cayla. Collin Niemi is the Production Designer. Producers are Jennifer Kawaja, Julia Sereny (Sienna Films) and Kevin Tierney (Park Ex Pictures). Brent Barclay (Sienna Films) is Co- Producer and Paul Rickard is Associate Producer. Line Producer is Daniele Rohrbach. Debra Karen is Editor, Composer is Andrew Lockington and Costume Designer is Claire Nadon. Lesley Grant was the CTV Production Executive for the movie. Bill Mustos is Senior Vice-President, Dramatic Programming for CTV. Susanne Boyce is President of Programming and Chair of the CTV Media Group.

CTV’s original movie One Dead Indian is a Sienna Films/Park Ex Pictures co-production. It is produced with the participation of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable industry, Telefilm Canada: Equity Investment Program CTF: License Fee Program and with the assistance of the Government of Canada Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program, and the Cogeco Program Development Fund.

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One Dead Indian is the latest of 18 dramatic titles in CTV's Signature Series, CTV’s original movie production strand that features programming dealing with social issues of national importance. Previous titles that have enjoyed critical and ratings success include Milgaard, The Sheldon Kennedy Story, Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story, Prom Queen, Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story and Plague City.

Toronto-based Sienna Films recently celebrated its 12th year. Sienna is helmed by award winning producers Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny, where they are joined by producer Brent Barclay. They recently produced I, Claudia, which premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival and is recent winner of two 2005 Gemini Awards. Sienna's comedy Touch of Pink was picked up and released by Sony Pictures Classics after its world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. Sienna has also produced internationally renowned feature films such as Marion Bridge (Molly Parker) which garnered the Toronto International Film Festival's City TV Best First Feature Awards and the box office hit New Waterford Girl. Sienna begins production on their next feature film, STEP, this winter.

Park Ex Pictures is a Montreal-based production house that specializes in long form drama. Prior to starting Park Ex Pictures, Kevin Tierney produced the Emmy and Gemini Award nominated shows P. T. Barnum, The Song Spinner, Armistead Maupin’s More Tales Of The City, Whiskers; Bonnano: A Godfather’s Story; the Gemeaux Award winning documentary series Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Memoirs. Park Ex Pictures co-produced the CTV movie Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story and recently completed principal photography on the feature film, BON COP/BAD COP, which will be released in the summer of 2006.

CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, offers a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming. It boasts the number-one national newscast, CTV National News With Lloyd Robertson, and is the number-one choice for prime-time viewing. CTV owns 21 conventional television stations across Canada and has interests in 14 specialty channels, including the number-one Canadian specialty channel, TSN. CTV is owned by Bell Globemedia, Canada’s premier multi-media company. More information about CTV may be found on the company site at www.ctv.ca.

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Synopsis - Short Version

One Dead Indian vividly recounts the tragic events that unfolded in September, 1995 in Ontario’s Ipperwash Provincial Park that left aboriginal protester Dudley George dead at the hands of an OPP officer. The crisis left Dudley’s brother Sam and other Canadians wondering how a peaceful protest in a provincial park regarding a long-standing ancestral burial ground claim could end in deadly police violence. Determined not to let Dudley’s death be in vain, Sam George’s relentless search for answers about why police were sent into the park that night helped bring the case to trial. With support from sister Carolyn and cousin Judas, Sam would settle for nothing less than a public inquiry, an inquiry that commenced in 2004 and continues until this day. One Dead Indian goes beyond the headlines and past the rhetoric into the heart of a family and their demand for justice.

One Dead Indian is a part of CTV’s Signature Series production strand and is a CTV original movie, co-produced by Sienna Films and Park Ex Pictures.

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Synopsis – Full Version

One Dead Indian is a gripping and timely television drama about one of the most politically-charged events in Canadian history: the Ipperwash Crisis and the 10-year campaign to seek justice for the death of native protester Dudley George.

Ipperwash: 10 years after aboriginal protester Dudley George was shot and killed by an Ontario Provincial Police officer, the name of the provincial park that was the site of his death has become synonymous with unanswered questions and political innuendo. Now, as testimony heats up at the controversial inquiry, CTV announces that its gripping original movie One Dead Indian will premiere on Wednesday, January 4 at 8 p.m. E.T. on CTV and in High Definition on CTV HD East and CTV HD West (check local listings).

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One Dead Indian - Production Notes

This gripping television drama vividly recounts the tragic events that unfolded in September 1995, in Ontario’s Ipperwash Provincial Park that left aboriginal protester Dudley George dead. It also unravels the court room trial of Officer Kenneth Deane and is based on the book by Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards, "One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis."

Throughout the 21-day shoot of the movie in-and-around Montreal (October, 2004), fact and fiction, author and actors, producers, director and quite a few members of the "real" George family (including Sam) all connected in the mission to finally tell this story.

Getting started… While the producers at Sienna Films had been aware of the Ipperwash Crisis and the Dudley George shooting for some time through traditional news coverage of those events, it was only upon reading Peter Edwards’ book in the summer of 2003 that they fully grasped the importance of the story and really how much they didn’t know about the whole story. They felt that this story was very important to tell, that what it revealed in respect to the relationship between the government, law enforcement and first nations people needed to be brought to light.

Upon confirming that the rights were indeed available, Sienna quickly requested a meeting with Peter Edwards and his agent Daphne Hart, to make their pitch for why they wanted to make the movie and why they thought it was important to do so. Happily, the meeting was a success and soon thereafter Sienna was able to proceed with developing a script, with CTV Television Inc. and Telefilm Canada coming on board early to support the project. Peter Edwards recalls the original meeting and the process of seeing the film come to fruition:

“The first time I met with the Sienna group, producer Jennifer Kawaja asked me what I considered absolutely essential to a movie based on my book, "One Dead Indian; the Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis." I replied that the burial ground protest was about something real, and that Dudley George died for an honest belief. The story couldn't properly be told without respecting this. I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, as signing your book over to producers is much like trusting your child off to a teacher or nanny or coach. Even after you check the references, you can't help but worry. I smile now when I think back on that first meeting at Shopsy's Deli with Jennifer and Brent Barclay, and with Julia Sereny, writers Hugh Graham and Andrew Wreggitt, director Tim Southam and later with producer Kevin Tierney in Montreal. I had no clue how difficult making this movie would be, but the more they were tested, the more respect I felt for them. I can't imagine the story landing in better hands.”

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When fact and fiction merge… Pamela Matthews, who stars as Dudley George’s sister, Carolyn George, spent many childhood summer vacations with her family in the Ipperwash area. She recalls:

“Back in the sixties, we used to camp at Ipperwash – also known as CFB Ipperwash. My dad was the resident doctor for the cadets in training. We spent every summer there for several years. And we loved it there! There were sand dunes, they were huge. Well, we were kids, so to us they looked huge. And the beach was one of the best beaches on that part of the lake. We would spend hours and hours and hours in the water. We’d be playing in the dunes and we would find unexploded ammunition. We would find the shell casings, the red ones and the blue ones. But we didn’t know what it was – we were just kids. Anyway, we had a great time. Those summers were great.

Pam found herself visiting her old stomping grounds once again on the Labor Day weekend of 1995. She spent a few hours talking to Dudley George whom she met there for the first time. Pam recalls that day and the events that followed:

“My friend and I were out driving around just enjoying the last weekend of the summer. We got to Ipperwash and there were cops everywhere. It was very unsettling that there were so many cops.

I approached from the Provincial Park side but stopped at the barricade. There were about a dozen armed OPP along the length of the fence. At the time I had no idea what was going on so I asked some nearby campers. They told us that the Indians were taking over the land and that they weren’t allowed to cross the barrier and sit on the beach on the other side.

There was a little kid, maybe eight or nine years old, looking over the fence. That little kid said something like “oh, we can’t go over there because those Indians, they’re bad, they’re bad.” My friend Charlie, he looks at me, he goes, “well, go over, you’re Native, that’s your land. Go!” I was afraid to go, I didn’t know what to do.

My friend continued to coax me and finally I jumped over the fence. My friend followed. The beach was mostly deserted, but as we walked further, we came upon a group of four or five people sitting under an arbour. They watched us as we approached, then waved for us to come over. They introduced themselves and one of them was Dudley George. We talked for a couple of hours and Dudley and his friends told us what was going on with the Kettle and Stony Point bands and they told us about the land issue, the history of Ipperwash, and why they were in the park. The said they were officially moving back onto their land.

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We were sitting talking with Dudley and his friends, and out on the water was a police boat. And there were helicopters flying around. There were helicopters! Then Dudley told us about the undercover police officers - the ‘badgers’ - who were constantly spying on them, some even posing as campers in the nearby park.

It was very eerie. It was a very eerie feeling.

After spending a couple hours talking to Dudley and his friends, my friend and I left Ipperwash and we drove back to Toronto and a few days later we heard on the news that Dudley George was dead.

It was shocking and very saddening. I couldn’t believe what had happened.

I knew at that point that I had become involved in a major turning point in the history of the First Nations Peoples of Canada.”

For Pam, the experience would not go away; in fact it seemed fated that she would remain involved in the “Dudley George affair” one way or another for years to come. She later joined Delia Opekokew, one of the George family lawyers, as a legal aid. The team came to include lawyers Murray Klippenstein and Andrew Orkin. This also marked the beginning of her close relationship with Sam George and other members of the George family.

Pamela Matthews was in the courtroom the day the guilty verdict against Kenneth Deane was announced. This is how Peter Edwards describes the scene in his book:

“Then, from across the courtroom, on the Native side, Pam Matthews, an actress who worked in the office of the George family’s lawyers, shrieked with as much volume as her lungs would allow. It was raw and loud and seemed to unleash something, because suddenly the courtroom was filled with sounds of Natives sobbing for joy as the police quietly walked out, looking dazed and deflated.”

In One Dead Indian, Pam Matthews is playing Carolyn George, yet re-enacting her own Pam Matthews’ cry of joy. When the verdict scene was shot, Pam’s very presence in the courtroom spoke eloquently about just how important that moment was when it actually occurred and when it was re-played.

Pam recalls, “I don’t really even remember everything about that day during the real trial but I remember there was complete silence after the verdict as the news sank in and I just screamed with relief and joy. We don’t win very often but that day we won!”

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Brothers The brotherhood sensibility that permeated the shoot was partly due to an unofficial reunion of a community of aboriginal actors who had worked together in groups of two or three over the years, but never all together at once. The native cast features Dakota House as Dudley George; Eric Schweig as brother Sam; Gary Farmer as cousin Judas George; Ben Cardinal as Slippery George; Gordon Tootoosis as Clifford George; Pamela Matthews as sister Carolyn George; the late Robert Manitopyes as Native Band Councilor Booper George; Glen Gould as native protester Bud and Jennifer Podemski plays protester Gina. Many times the set resembled a big family reunion where the actors found it effortless to play a family; one fueled by the intensity surrounding the Dudley George tragedy itself.

The cast members -- including Corner Gas star Gabrielle Miller who plays a senior government official -- said they related to, and applauded, the basic human rights' issues being addressed in the film. The aboriginal actors deeply identified with the characters' quests to re-establish their roots, to claim lands belonging to their families and communities, and the need to respect ancestral burial grounds. They all felt it was long overdue that this story be told to Canadians. Each expressed a sense of honour about playing a part in ensuring that peaceful protester Dudley George did not die in vain.

Sam George and Family visit the set The real Sam George drove to Montreal in a motor home from Stoney Point (near Sarnia, Ontario) with honourary family member attorney Murray Klippenstein and ten other members from the George family, including three grandchildren. The vehicle broke down near Cornwall but that didn't stop them from getting to set, after a quick repair job at a nearby mechanic's shop. They were determined to see at least part of the making of One Dead Indian, a fictionalized version of the reality they've been living with for the past ten years. Sam George said he believes the film will touch people all over Canada, and that: "they would want to know this story".

When the “two Sams” met, the real Sam George and Eric Schweig, who plays him, emotions ran high. The real Murray Klippenstein engaged in long talks with the actor who plays him, Stewart Bick; and Sam's grandsons Cody George, Jerad Storr and Cameron George were all smiles when they met Dakota House, the actor who plays their uncle, the deceased hero Dudley George. Actor and activist Gary Farmer (who plays Judas George) also greeted Dudley and Sam's brother Reg George, Sam's wife Veronica George, his daughter Tammy Jackson and his son Don George. A great admirer of Sam George, Gabrielle Miller was honoured to have her picture taken alone with him for her own personal photo album. The energy on set was electric that day.

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Author Peter Edwards returned to set for the big reunion with the George family (he'd also been present at the beginning of the shoot). Edwards brought a sense of journalistic integrity and provided another direct link to the events in Ipperwash. He had begun reporting on the "Ipperwash Crisis" immediately after the shooting of Dudley George in 1995. When the media caught wind of the incident, Edwards was sent by the Toronto Star and arrived there at 3:30 a.m. on September 7. He covered the story extensively and along with another Star journalist (Harold Levy) conducted thousands of hours of interviews for the book and attended key trials relating to the crisis. Edwards consulted government records obtained under the Ontario Freedom of Information Act and the federal Access to Information Act, as well as extensive court transcripts and archival material, including transcripts of recorded conversations and statements given by police officers involved at Ipperwash. He is in frequent contact with the George family (as he is reporting on the public inquiry for the Toronto Star) and made it a personal priority to visit the court house set the day that Murray, Sam and his family would finally get a glimpse of the filmmaking process that would tell their story to Canadians and the world.

September 2005 marked the 10th anniversary of the Ipperwash Crisis.

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Cast Biographies

Eric Schweig - Actor Sam George Eric Schweig was born in the Northwest Territories of Canada in 1967. He is of Inuit and German heritage. When he was an infant, he was adopted by a German family and lived near Inuvik in the Western Arctic until he was six. After leaving home at the age of sixteen, he supported himself by framing houses in Canada. He made his acting debut in 1987 when he won the role of the Shaman in an Ontario Stage production of “The Cradle Will Fall”. His breakthrough film role came when director Michael Mann cast him to play Uncas in the feature film The Last of the Mohicans. Eric’s chilling portrayal of Pesh-Chidin in Ron Howard’s The Missing won Eric rave reviews.

Schweig has appeared in The Scarlet Letter, Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale and TNT’s Broken Chain, as well as many other feature films. His portrayal of Pike Dexter in the feature Big Eden earned him the Grand Jury Prize Outstanding Actor Award at the Outfest in July 2000. He starred in Chris Eyre’s film Skins, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001 to sold out audiences as well as in APTN’s Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story. Eric was busy last year with back-to-back projects, the biopic Shania: A Tale of Eight Albums, the feature One Dead Indian and the horror film It Waits.

Schweig is a gifted and talented Master Carver as well as an actor. After overcoming years of alcohol abuse, he decided to explore his Inuit roots and began carving artwork under the tutelage of Tahitian carver Vern Etzerza and the late Art Thompson. He went on to study traditional Pacific Coast carvings and chose to recreate the sculptural art and masks of his own Inuit ancestors. His unique and personal carving style has garnered worldwide attention and popularity from aficionados and collectors worldwide. Art admirers may view some of his artwork at www.eric-schweig.com.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Gun (2005) Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005) (TV Movie) It Waits (2005) The Missing (2003) Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) (TV) Mr. Barrington (2003) Skins (2002) Big Eden (2000) Dead Man's Walk (1996) (mini- TV Series) Les Amants de rivière rouge (1996) (mini-TV Series) Tom and Huck (1995)

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The Scarlet Letter (1995) Follow the River (1995) (TV) Pontiac Moon (1994) Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

Dakota House – Actor Dudley George Dakota was born in 1974 in a small town in Northern Alberta; he now resides in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been acting from the age of 18 years old and has worked with such people as Graham Green, Tom Jackson, David Duchovny and many others who Dakota credits for his learning and knowledge in the film industry. This young man has also traveled Canada extensively, doing workshops in acting and fascilitating motivation, empowerment and self-esteem workshops as well as public appearances.

Dakota became a household name for millions of fans of the 90s' hit series North of 60 and has returned to his infamous role of Teevee for the five subsequent television movies of the same name. Dakota has written one children's book called "Dancers in the Sky" and is currently writing his second.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making (2005) (TV Mini-series) Distant Drumming: A North of 60 Mystery (2003) (TV) DreamKeeper (2003) (mini TV Series) Another Country: A North of 60 Mystery (2003) (TV) Dreamstorm: A North of 60 Mystery (2001) (TV) Trial by Fire (2000) (TV) Creator's Game, The (1999) In the Blue Ground (1999) (TV) Legend of Two-Path (1998) X-Files: The Unopened File, The (1996) (TV) Diviners, The (1993) (TV) Medicine River (1993) (TV) North of 60 (1992-95) (TV Series)

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Shuttling between her homes in Vancouver and Los Angeles, she spends her professional time meeting with directors and producers, working on projects that fit into her demanding schedule and maintaining characters on her three Canadian television series, Corner Gas, Robson Arms and Alienated.

Gabrielle plays Lacey Burrows in CTV’s #1 rated Canadian comedy series Corner Gas, the smart, sweet fish-out-of-water in small-town Saskatchewan. In the CTV dramatic comedy series, Robson Arms, Gabrielle plays Roberta (Bobbi) Briggs, a naïve sexy young woman with a heart of gold plating. Miller can also be seen in Alienated, a dark comedy that airs on Space Channel.

Gabrielle has enjoyed extensive recognition as a dramatic actress, including nominations from both the Gemini and Leo Awards. In 1999, she was nominated for Best Guest Role Performance in a Dramatic Series from both the Gemini and Leo Awards for her riveting performance in the critically acclaimed series DaVinciˆs Inquest. Gabrielle was also recently nominated for a Canadian Comedy award.

Gabrielle made her feature debut at 18 in Digger directed by Rob Turner and starring Olympia Dukakis and Joshua Jackson. In addition to numerous Television movies, dozens of TV episodic and several network pilots, her notable TV guest appearances include: The X Files, The Twilight Zone, Stargate SG-1, The Chris Isaak Show and Jerimiah.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) How to Make a Canadian Film (2005) Robson Arms (2005) (TV Series) Corner Gas (2004) (TV Series) Breaking News (2002) (TV Series) Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story (2002) (TV) Marine Life (2000) Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence, The (2000) (TV) Silencer, The (1999) As Time Runs Out (1999) (TV) In the Doghouse (1998) (TV) Rupert's Land (1998) Floating Away (1998) Voyage of Terror (1998) (TV)

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Gordon Tootoosis – Actor Clifford George Gordon Tootoosis was born on the Poundmaker Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. With his ten brothers and three sisters, he was raised with a strong Cree belief system plus knowledge of the language, art forms and worldview.

At a very early age, Tootoosis became a cowboy and is now a champion Calf Roper and Team Roper. An accomplished native dancer, he toured with the Plains InterTribal Dance Troupe in the ‘60s and ‘70s throughout Canada, Europe and South America. He competed and won many championships on the North American Pow-Wow circuit in traditional singing and dancing and is now one of North America’s most popular and respected Pow-Wow announcers. Gordon was also a Social Worker, specializing in areas of childcare and dealing with young offenders.

Tootoosis made his film debut in 1972 in Alien Thunder, with Donald Sutherland. He has since appeared in many theatre, television, film and radio productions. To his credit are the films Nobody’s Baby, Reindeer Games, Legends of the Fall, Alaska, Lone Star, Pocahontas: The Legend, Black Robe, Leaving Normal, also the telefilms Big Bear, The Promise, Call Of The Wild, Blood River, Last Train Home and Stone Fox. Television credits include Due South, five seasons of the hit series North of 60 as series regular “ALBERT GOLO”, Lonesome Dove and Hawkeye just to name a few.

Selected Filmography Into the West (2005) Shania: A Life in Eight Albums (2005) (TV movie) Hank Williams First Nations (2005) The Reawakening (2004) Sacrifice: The JJ Harper Story (2003) (TV) Dream Keeper (2003) (TV mini-series) On the Corner (2003) Black Point (2001) Pocahontas (1995) Legends of the Fall (1994) Call of the Wild (1993) Black Robe (1991)

Stephen McHattie – Actor Police Field Commander Stephen McHattie’s substantial body of work encompasses a wide range of roles in feature film, theatre, and television.

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He has appeared in over 40 films and is still remembered well for his title role in NBC's 1976 television movie James Dean. Most recently Stephen appeared in the A History of Violence opposite Viggo Mortensen, directed by David Cronenberg. Other recent features include The Lazarus Child (dir. Graham Theakston; starring Andy Garcia, Frances O’Connor, & Angela Bassett); Twist opposite Nick Stahl and Secretary (dir. Steven Shainberg) playing Maggie Gyllenhaal’s father. The rest of the list includes memorable turns in Geronimo (dir. Walter Hill), Belizaire the Cajun, Gray Lady Down, Beverly Hills Cop III, and The Dark.

Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, Stephen now lives outside Toronto and has starred on television in Canada and the U.S. He received the 1995 Gemini Award for Best Actor in a telefilm for Life with Billy (CBC). He was a series regular on Cold Squad, Emily of New Moon (CBC) Beauty and the Beast, and Scene of the Crime (CBS). Other memorable television performances include X-Files, Seinfeld and Law and Order. He made his Broadway debut in The American Dream in 1968 and was a member of the Phoenix Theater and the famous Circle in the Square repertory. He received an Obie Award for Ghetto.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Maurice Richard (2005) Solar Strike (2005) A History of Violence (2005) The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (2004) Lazarus Child, The (2004) Twist (2003) Wall of Secrets (2003) (TV) Secretary (2002) Highwayman, The (2000) Hustle, The (2001) (TV) (USA: video title) ... aka Sordid Affair, A (2000) (TV) Cold Squad (1999-2000) (TV Series ) American Whiskey Bar (1998) (TV) Midnight Flight (1998) (TV) Emily of New Moon (1998) (TV Series) Deadly Love (1995) (TV) Theodore Rex (1995)

Gary Farmer - Actor Judas George Gary Dale Farmer was born on the Six Nations Reserve, near Brantford, Ontario on June 12, 1953. Gary is an actor with extensive experience in film, television, theatre and radio. He is also a producer, publisher and philanthropist in the development of Aboriginal based media in Canada including radio, television and the World Wide Web. Continued… -16-

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He is an award winning actor and director, as well as publisher of "Aboriginal Voices", the Magazine of Evolving Native American Arts and Culture.

Gary has appeared in The Score with Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton and Marlon Brando (2001). He starred in Jim Jarmusch’s, Dead Man, winner of the European Academy Award in 1997 for Best Foreign Film, Berlin, Germany (the first American film to win the honour). In 1996, he also filmed Moonshine Highway with Kyle McLaughlin and Randy Quaid. His remarkable performance as "Philbert Bono" in the 1989 film Powwow Highway, garnered a Best Actor award at the American Indian Film Festival.

Gary's work in theatre has been equally extensive and includes Raven (as director), for Native Earth Performing Arts. He has also directed for television and his helming credits include an episode of Forever Knight; a segment of the CBC anthology series.

Gary’s post secondary school background includes Genesee Community College, Batavia, N.Y., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., and Ryerson University, Toronto, ON. He primarily studied in photography and motion picture production.

Theatre training includes the Maggie Bassett Studio as part of Tarragon Theatre and the study of clown and mask with Richard Pochinko all in Toronto, Canada. Gary has lived on and off in Canada since 1975.

Selected Filmography Disappearances (2006) One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Sawtooth (2004) (post-production) Thief of Time, A (2004) (TV) Evergreen (2004) Alaska (2003) (TV) Coyote Waits (2003) (TV) DreamKeeper (2003) (mini TV Series) Republic of Love, The (2003) Twist (2003) Big Empty, The (2003) Lord Have Mercy! (2003) (TV Series) Adaptation (2002) Skins (2002)

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She is currently working on her Masters Degree in Film Production at York University in Toronto and will be shooting her Masters Thesis film next fall.

For the last two summers, Pam worked in San Francisco as an Instructor for the Native American Film Institute’s Tribal Touring Program which travels all over California and teaches filmmaking to Native youth. She was the director, editor and instructor for Never Say No , The Diamond Girls (Susanville Indian Ranceria, Susanville, CA), Nikki’s Piknik (Soboba Indian Reservation, Hemmet, CA), The HVHS Newsletter and The Hupa Blues (Hupa Valley Indian Reservation (Hoopa, CA, 2003) and for Frog’s Love Medicine, Chah Love Medicine, Sarah (Hoopa Valley) and Waterbabies from the Morongo Indian Reservation. In 2002 and 2004 Pam worked as an associate producer on the annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards show, which aired on CBC and APTN.

Pam studied film at Ryerson Polytechnic University where, in June 2003, she received the University’s top award for Academic Achievement, the Ryerson Gold Medal Award and the Howard H. Kerr Memorial Scholarship. Her undergraduate film, a drama about a woman who survives residential school - “Only the Devil Speaks Cree” - had its World Premiere at Toronto’s Imagine NATIVE Film Festival in October 2002 where it won the Honourable Mention for Best Drama.

She was also very honoured to have her film chosen for the Opening Night Gala at the prestigious American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco in November 2002 where it won the Award for Best Short Film.

She has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Mount Allison University; attended the University of Calgary and graduated from Ryerson Theatre School in Toronto with a Diploma in Theatre/Acting in 1989. She has performed in theatres across the country. Pam studied directing at the prestigious Royal National Theatre of Great Britain and at the Lincoln Center Theatre in New York City where she is a member of the Director’s Lab. Pam’s directing credits include Farewel at the Magnus Theater in Thunder Bay.

Selected Filmography (Acting) One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Interview with My Next Girlfriend (by Cassandra Nicolaou) Canada, A People's History The Rez Earth Destiny Ridge The Bell Ringer Gross Misconduct North of 60

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Glen Gould - ACTOR Bud Glen Gould has extensive experience in acting for stage and screen, both silver and television. His thespian training includes work at Shakespeare In The Red (4 Day Intensive Workshop/Libby Mason), Moving The Text (Equity Showcase Theatre/Audrey Jollie) and at Beginners on Stage Please (Ellen Hitchcock/Maggie Basset Studio). He has appeared in dozens of plays (Time Stands Still; Only Drunks & Children Tell The Truth), moving pictures (Temps Dur) and has done a great deal of voice work as well.

Glen is a trained canoer and archer; he is a singer and guitar player and is involved in native crafts and traditional dancing. During the shoot of One Dead Indian, he had a gift from his grandfather hanging in his trailer; a Mohawk flag as a reminder of the Oka crisis and the need to preserve ancient burial grounds.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Into the West (2005) Temps dur (2004) TV Series Traffic (2004) (mini TV Series) Yellowknife (2002) The Reawakening (TV) John Doe (TV) DaVinci’s Inquest (3 Eps, TV Series) North of 60 (1990s' TV Series) E.N.G. (1990s' TV Series)

Notable TV Guest Appearances The Chris Isaak Show (2004) (TV) Relic Hunter (2002) (TV) Dark Angel (2001) (TV) Cold Squad (1999) (TV)

Frank Schorpion - Actor Dale Linton Like many Montrealers, this perfectly bilingual actor speaks as easily in his second language as in his maternal language. His filmography consists of numerous remarkable roles, including that in the thriller Slow Burn by Wayne Beach and Wicked Minds by the young director Jason Hreno; not to mention the comedy Home Team, directed by Allan Goldstein.

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Wearing a French chapeau, Frank Schorpion is well known for his numerous roles in hit television series such as Le Dernier Chapitre (for which he won a Gémeaux, a Quebec "Emmy"), Diva, Omertà, Les deux frères, Ces enfants d’ailleurs, Au nom du père et du fils, Jack Carter and Fortier.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) Sigma (2005) Day After Tomorrow, The (2004) Monica la mitraille (2004) Wicked Minds (2002) (TV) Dernier chapitre: La Suite, Le (2002) (mini TV Series) (aka Last Chapter, The) Killing Time (2001/II) Dead Awake (2001) Blind Terror (2001) (TV) Wilder (2000) Art of War, The (2000/I) No Alibi (2000) 2 frères (1999) (TV Series) Dead End (1998/I) (aka False Pretense, Australia TV title)

Bruce Ramsay - Actor Kenneth Deane Bruce Ramsay was born and raised in Montreal. He is a published poet, actor and accomplished horticulturalist. He has lived and worked in Canada, the United Sates, England and Italy. Over that time he has as appeared in over sixty productions in television, stage and film. He is a founding member of the improvisational comedy team ‘The Fish People’ which opened and closed the Rimouski comedy festival on the same night. He currently divides his time between Montreal, Madrid and Los Angeles.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) Baby for Sale (2004) (TV) Break a Leg (2003) Timeline (2003) Jericho Mansions (2003) Holes (2003) Looking for Jimmy (2002) Collateral Damage (2002) Shot in the Face, A (2001) Exploding Oedipus (2001) Island of the Dead (2000)

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Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) (TV) Starstruck (1998)

Stewart Bick - Actor Murray Klippenstein Originally from Montreal, Stewart Bick now shares his time between Los Angeles, Toronto and Montreal. He initially enjoyed great success in Europe, performing in a number of mini-series, co-starring with such greats as Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and Rutger Hauer. Currently he can be seen as “Dr. David Eidenberg” on the CBS series Presidio Med. He stars as Canada's pioneering and controversial abortion doctor in Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story, another CTV Signature Series television movie. In Framed, he plays alongside Rob Lowe and Sam Neil. Other recent credits include: Me and my Shadow, Life with Judy Garland with Judy Davis, and Mercy with Ellen Barkin. He has starred in numerous MOW’s opposite such leading ladies as Nastassja Kinski, Rebecca Demornay, Linda Hamilton to name a few. He has also worked alongside Pierce Brosnan in the feature film Grey Owl directed by Lord Richard Attenborough and 36 Hours to Die opposite Treat Williams.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) Choice (2003) (TV) The Reagans, (2003) (TV) Deceived (2002) (V) Framed (2002) (TV) Guilty Hearts (2002) (mini) TV Series Pretend You Don't See Her (2002) (TV) Framed (2001) (TV) Life in the Balance (2001) Danger Beneath the Sea (2001) (TV) Blind Terror (2001) (TV) Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) (TV) Artificial Lies (2000)

Jennifer Podemski – Actor Gina Jennifer Podemski was born and raised in Toronto, where she received the extensive performing arts training that provided her with the grace and sizzle to pull off a number of unique, innovative roles in a rather short span of time. From 30-second television commercials and national public service announcements, to feature length films and prime time series, Jennifer has crafted every role with her distinctive trademark. “This is a young powerhouse who knows what she wants, and goes after it...” says Brian Dennis, Producer of CRC Television’s weekly serial, The Rez.

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The eldest of three sisters, Jennifer, is daughter to an Israeli-born father and Canadian Aboriginal mother -truly a unique blend of tradition, religion and culture. As a Dance & Drama Major throughout high school, Jennifer was privileged to attend the Claude Watson Arts Programme at Earl Haig Secondary School. This was an educational environment where she acquired year-round instruction in dramatic arts, ballet, modern dance and jazz.

Jennifer launched her on-screen career landing a variety of small roles which included Maniac Mansion [YTV television series], CBC’s Wonderstruck Show and a two part made- for-TV movie, Conspiracy of Silence.

In 1992, while in the process of completing a Kibbutz programme in Israel, Jennifer was hustled back to Toronto to accept the coveted supporting role of Pique in the made-for-TV adaptation of The Diviners, by famed Canadian author Margaret Laurence. Jennifer has received professional recognition as a recipient of the Horizon Award for Outstanding Performance [American Indian Film Festival] and the James Bulier Award [Centre for Indigenous Theatre] as Female Performer of the Year.

Selected Filmography One Dead Indian (2005) (TV Movie) The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) Distant Drumming (TV movie) Mocassin Flats Degrassi Looking for Lost Bird (TV) Riverdale (TV Series) Blood River Monkman Don’t Think Twice The Rez (TV Series) 1999 Aboriginal Achievement Awards (Host, TV)

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Tim Southam – Director Tim Southam’s work includes the critically acclaimed feature film The Bay of Love and Sorrows (2002), the recent mini-series Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making, based on Trudeau’s early years; the Showtime movie Island of the Dead (2000) starring Malcolm McDowell, the award-winning television film The Tale of Teeka (1998), and the celebrated feature documentary Drowning in Dreams (1997). He also directed the Grammy nominated performance film Satie and Suzanne (1995) and Perreault Dancer (2005), which recently won an award for Best Canadian Work at the Montreal Festival of Films on Art before going on to a theatrical run at Ex-Centris. He directed two one-hour documentaries and two short films. He was a member of the writing team which originated Traders (1996), writing three episodes for that series and one for North of 60 (1998). He has directed episodes of the television series Blue Murder (2001) and Histoires courtes à dormir debout (1992), two one-hour documentaries, two short dramas and several commercials.

His work has been screened at festivals including Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, San Francisco, Dublin, Sydney, FanTasia, INPUT and FIPA; and has won major awards at Banff, Chicago, San Francisco, Columbus, New York Festivals, Houston, FIFA and Dance on Camera, as well as several Gemini awards. His work has also received nominations for the Genie, Grammy, and Directors Guild of Canada awards, the latter for outstanding achievement in a feature film. He has lived in Toronto, Montreal, Gatineau, Paris, London, Frankfurt and New York, has worked in ad sales in the U.S. magazine industry, and holds a BA in philosophy and economics from the University of Toronto as well as an MSc (econ) in political economy from the London School of Economics. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish and is a member of the Directors and Writers Guilds of Canada.

His longer-term plans include a feature film adaptation of Tomson Highway’s novel Kiss of the Fur Queen, and Now You Are Flying which he is writing with Toronto actor Raoul Bhaneja. In the fall of 2005 he began directing the first season of the new Showcase comedy Moose TV.

Eric Cayla, csc -- Cinematographer Born in Quebec in 1957, Eric Cayla was drawn to the camera at a very young age and began studying filmmaking directly after high school at Champlain College (Quebec). He supplemented his degree with further studies in communications at Concordia University's Loyola Campus. During the late 1970s he began shooting documentaries and traveling to parts of the world as diverse as the Yukon, South America and Asia and lensed such docs as These Strangers, Our Friends about Cambodian refugees coming to Quebec in the late 70's.

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He started shooting theatrical features in the late 80s.

During the course of his career, Eric has been nominated for a number of Canadian cinematography awards including six Gemaux and one Gemini (tv), two Genies (feature films) and two Jutras (Quebec features). In December 2004, Eric was invited to Paris to receive an hommage for La Peau Blanche, from the prestigious Commission Supérieurs Technique de l'Image et du Son (CST).

Eric has worked with friend and colleague Tim Southam on the documentary Drowning in Dreams and features Bay of Love and Sorrows.

Eric also stood behind the camera for CTV’s upcoming Selling Innocence and is currently filming Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With.

Andrew Wreggitt – Writer Andrew Wreggitt is an award-winning screenwriter with eight television movies to his credit including four in the popular North of 60 movie series on CBC television. In the Blue Ground, Dream Storm and Another Country (with Peter Lauterman) all received Gemini Award nominations for best writing. His other TV movies, The Wandering Soul Murders, A Colder Kind of Death and Verdict in Blood, were part of the Joanne Kilbourne Mystery series for CTV and Lifetime in the U.S.

Current movie projects include CTV original movies Shades of Black, about the rise and fall of media mogul Conrad Black and Tracking the Hunters, based on the work of geographic profiler Kim Rossmo. He is also co-writing Warrior the sixth in the North of 60 movie series.

Andrew is a veteran writer of one hour dramas for popular Canadian television series such as North of 60, Black Harbour and Tom Stone. Andrew was the creator, writer and co- executive producer of Tom Stone which ran for two seasons on CBC Television. In all Andrew has written or co-written over fifty hours of Canadian network drama for CBC, CTV and Global television and is a four time winner of the Alberta Motion Picture Industries Award for Best Dramatic Writing. Andrew also has co-written four stage plays with his wife Rebecca Shaw. "The Wild Guys" has been performed in over seventy-five theatres across North America including New York, Atlanta and Salt Lake City and has just been turned into a feature film.

Andrew is also the author of five books of poetry, the most recent being “Zhivago’s Fire” (Thistledown Press) and is a past winner of the CBC National Literary Competition for Poetry.

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Hugh Graham – Writer Hugh Graham is a screenwriter and story editor who also works in radio and journalism. After spending a year at the University of Lyon in France, he completed a BA in English and History at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, graduating in 1974. During the remainder of the 70s Hugh worked at odd jobs in Canada and in Europe which included farm work, construction, quality control in a Dutch brewery and carving meat. In 1978 he began to write comedy sketches for Don Harron at CBC Morningside in Toronto and wrote radio comedy at the CBC for the next ten years. Highlights include Here Come the Seventies (co-written with producer David Cole) and the comedy special Paris from Wilde to Morrison which won a Peabody Radio award. In 1983, he began writing screenplays. In 1984, Hugh went to Costa Rica where he began reporting on the relations between the CIA and a guerilla group during the war in Nicaragua. From that experience came his book "Ploughing the Seas".

In 1985, he lived in Paris and in '87 wrote the crime thriller A Sudden Darkness based on a true story. 1988 saw the production of his screenplay Palais Royale. Throughout the nineties he worked on numerous screen projects including Point of No Return, the story of the two Canadians entangled in a Brazilian kidnapping. He was story editor on Vincent Natali's sci-fi thriller, Cube. For television, he has written six well-received programs for Patrick Watson's Witness to Yesterday and recently completed translating one hundred of his Television Heritage Minutes to radio.

Peter Edwards – Author Peter Edwards has been a reporter at the Toronto Star for 19 years and is the author of eight non-fiction books, including "The Encyclopedia of Canadian Organized Crime" (with Michel Auger, shot six times by Quebec bikers); "Night Justice"; and "A Mother's Story; The Fight to Free My Son David" (with Joyce Milgaard). "One Dead Indian: the Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis" won him an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians. He has been covering the Ipperwash story for the Toronto Star since early in the morning of September 7, 1995, hours after the death of Dudley George. He has a Masters degree in Journalism and an Honours BA in Canadian History from the University of Western Ontario.

Paul Rickard – Associate Producer Paul M. Rickard is an Omuskego Cree from Moose Factory in Northern Ontario. For the past 16 years, he has been working as a producer, director, cameraman, writer, consultant, and trainer in collaboration with independent production companies and organizations such as Nutaaq Media Inc., Wawatay Native Communications Society, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation North (CBC) and the National Film Board of Canada.

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Paul is President of his company Mushkeg Media Inc., a five-year-old Aboriginal video production company specializing in films and videos about the Native experience and contemporary issues facing Canada's First Nations, their environment, activities, traditions and their struggle for economic and political autonomy. Paul is currently developing his first feature length dramatic script and various short films.

Sienna Films Toronto-based Sienna Films recently celebrated its 12th anniversary. Helmed by producers Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny, they are joined by producer Brent Barclay. Sienna Films most recently produced I, Claudia, which premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival and enjoyed a small theatrical release before it launched CBC's 2004/2005 season Opening Night, and recently nominated for a best performance program “Rockie” at the 2005 Banff Television Festival.

Their comedy Touch of Pink written and directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid, had its world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. It was acquired and released worldwide by Sony Pictures Classics, with Mongrel Media distributing in Canada. Touch of Pink is a Canada/UK co-production starring Jimi Mistry (The Guru, East is East) and Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Sex in the City), with Suleka Mathew (Da Vinci’s Inquest, Republic of Love), Kris Holden-Ried (K:19 Widowmaker), Brian George (Seinfeld) and Veena Sood (Better Than Chocolate).

The feature film Marion Bridge, directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld and starring Molly Parker (Deadwood) and Ellen Page (Mouth to Mouth, Hard Candy) premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, winning the City-TV Best First Feature Award, has screened at festivals around the world including in competition at Rotterdam, and enjoyed successful theatrical releases and broadcast in Canada, the U.S. and in Europe. Saint Monica, directed by Terrance Odette and starring Brigitte Bako (G-Spot, Mind of the Married Man), also premiered at Toronto, screened in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, and won the Best Narrative Film Award at the Sarasota Film Festival.

The company is best known for its box office hit New Waterford Girl. The film premiered at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival and went on to win the award for Best Film at the Atlantic Film Festival. It played to sold-out audiences at the Sundance and Rotterdam Film Festivals, was nominated for numerous Genie Awards and classified as both a critical and box-office phenomenon. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star named it his “Favourite Canadian Film” and the Globe and Mail called it “consistently clever and entertaining.” It has had a successful DVD and video release in the US and several other international territories.

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Sienna’s previous production credits include the television movie Society’s Child, written by Dennis Foon and directed by Pierre Gang, which aired on CBC in February 2002 to critics’ choice, was nominated for a Best TV Movie or Dramatic Series Gemini Award, and has sold in the US, UK and internationally. A TV adaptation of the acclaimed play SIBS, written by and starring Diane Flacks and Richard Greenblatt, directed by Laurie Lynd (I Was A Rat) aired on CBC fall 2003; the performing arts special Dinner at the Edge won a Chris Award at the Columbus International Film Festival and was nominated for five 2001 Gemini Awards; the 1994 critically acclaimed feature film April One starring David Strathairn, Stephen Shellen and Djanet Sears. Sienna has also produced several award-winning documentaries, including Black, Bold and Beautiful: Black Women and their Hair, Erotica: A Journey into Female, Confessions of a Rabid Dog and Hidden Children.

Park Ex Pictures Over the past five years, Kevin Tierney’s productions have been nominated for a total of 11 Emmys and six Geminis, including two for Outstanding Mini-Series and one for Best Series.

Park Ex Pictures is a Montreal-based production house that specializes in long form drama. Prior to starting Park Ex Pictures, Kevin Tierney spent 11 years with Productions La Fete, where he headed development and sales and produced such Emmy and Gemini Award nominated shows as P. T. Barnum, The Song Spinner, Armistead Maupin’s More Tales Of The City, Whiskers; the mini-series Bonnano: A Godfather’s Story; the Gemeaux Award winning documentary series Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Memoirs and the feature films, The Return Of Tommy Tricker and The Stamp Traveller and Dancing on the Moon.

Established in 2001, Park Ex Pictures’ first feature film was Varian’s War, a Canada-UK co-production, starring William Hurt, Julia Ormond, Alan Arkin and Lynn Redgrave.

Park Ex Pictures is currently in post-production on the feature film Bon Cop/Bad Cop. The film, which stars Colm Feore and Patrick Huard and is directed by Érik Canuel, will be released in the summer of 2006 by Alliance Atlantis.

Kevin Tierney is also the executive producer of Twist -- an official selection at 2004 film festivals in Toronto, Venice and Rotterdam -- written and directed by his son, Jacob Tierney. Twist opened in theatres in Canada and the US in May and June of 2004.

Prior to starting Park Ex Pictures, Kevin Tierney spent 11 years with Productions La Fete, where he headed development and sales and produced such Emmy and Gemini Award nominated shows as P. T. Barnum, Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City, Whiskers; the mini-series Bonnano: A Godfather's Story; Continued… -27-

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Tierney has written widely on many aspects of cinema in such publications as Sight and Sound, The China Daily, Cinema Canada, Cine Bulle and Screen International and has contributed to the books “Making It” and “Selling It”, both published by the Academy of Canadian Film and Television. Prior to entering the film business, Tierney spent more than a decade teaching at various levels all over the world, including Canada, Algeria, Chad and China.

Tierney is a member of the Boards of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association, the Institut Nationale de l’Image et du Son and Montreal’s Cine Gael Irish Film festival. In 2004, he was recently re-elected President of the Board of Directors of the Cinématheque Québecoise.

Forming part of the Park Ex team is Line Producer Danièle Rohrbach. She is a member of the Québec Producers Association and the Director’s Guild of Canada. She has worked as a Producer, Co-Producer, Production Manager and/or Line Producer on more than twenty feature film and television productions since 1991, when she was the Production Manager of the feature, Shadow of the Wolf (d. Jacques Dorfmann). Some of Danièle's recent credits include: I Do (But I Don't) directed by Kelly Makin, 2004); See Jane Date (d. Robert Berlinger, 2003) and The Dogwalker (d. Steven Shackter). She previously worked with One Dead Indian producer Kevin Tierney on another CTV Signature Series movie, Choice, the Henry Mortgentaler Story (d. John L’Ecuyer, 2002), and in 2000 on Varian's War (d. Lionel Chetwynd). Danièle also produced The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (d. Pierre Gang, 1999) for Muse/Odyssey/CTV.

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