Where the Spirit Lives introduced by Bruce Pittman and Michelle St. John

Approx. Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes

Where the Spirit Lives introduced by Bruce Pittman and Michelle St. John

Approx. Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes

Where the Spirit Lives introduced by Bruce Pittman and Michelle St. John

Approx. Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes

TIFF Cinematheque - Retrospective

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The director and star of this groundbreaking drama about Canada's notorious residential schools introduce our screening.

Guest Biographies

    • Bruce Pittman has vast experience in feature film and television production. His work reflects the diversity of his directorial talents: comedy, drama, action, adventure, sci-fi and thriller genres. Bruce Pittman's films have won four Best Drama Awards in Canada and he has received four nominations for Best Director at the Gemini Awards. His film The Painted Door received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Live Action Short. Locked in Silence received four Daytime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Children's Special and two acting nominations for Bonnie Bedelia and Marc Donato. Apart from his feature length productions, Bruce Pittman has directed 87 episodes on 27 series for 12 different networks.

    • Michelle St. John is a two-time Gemini Award–winning actor and singer whose numerous film, television and stage credits include roles in Where the Spirit Lives, Smoke Signals and Northern Exposure.

Where the Spirit Lives introduced by Bruce Pittman and Michelle St. John

    • Where the Spirit Lives
    • Bruce Pittman

    • Bruce Pittman's moving drama was one of the few films to address the shameful legacy of Canada's residential school system, which saw Aboriginal children taken from their parents and systematically stripped of their language, heritage and even their own names.