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Ojibwe filmmaker returns to Winnipeg’s North End to tell story of hope and healing – CBC

Mar 11, 2024

Many Wounds features predominantly Indigenous cast, is currently being filmed in Manitoba

Ojibwe filmmaker Jeremy Torrie is at the helm of a re-envisioning of the 1994 movie Once Were Warriors over a decade after acquiring the option rights to the film.

Torrie’s currently filming Many Wounds, which draws from his experience growing up in Winnipeg’s North End, and features a predominantly Indigenous cast.

The original Once Were Warriors tells the story of a New Zealand family who are descendants of Maori warriors as they grapple with a violent father and the problems that come with being treated like outcasts in society, according to its IMDB page.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ojibwe-filmmaker-north-end-many-wounds-1.7139474

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