Johnny Greyeyes
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A brave and resilient Native woman, Johnny has seen more of the world than most. Since the shooting death of her father, she has spent most of her life in one kind of prison or another. Sent to reform school at age 15, Johnny eventually ends up in Kingston’s notorious maximum security Prison for Women. Her responsibilities to the outside world weigh on her as she continues to hold together her fractured natural family. With a release date near, she valiantly strives to keep her two worlds together. A journey through her own history and pain leads Johnny to love, a sense of spiritual purpose, and resolution with her past. Within the walls of the Prison for Women, she finds her being, womanhood – and Lana, her lover and companion of spirit.
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Jorge Manuel Manzano
Director
Jorge Manzano was born in Santiago de Chile in 1968 and immigrated with his parents to Canada following the military coup of 1973. While a student, he realized he had a passion for filmmaking, and saw film as a medium that allowed him to tell stories about struggle, identity and pride. Shortly after graduating from the University of Toronto in 1994, Jorge formed Nepantla Films for the production of City of Dreams. City of Dreams screened at Sundance in 1999, and has received several awards: best actor at Dreamspeakers, 1997, best drama at the Native Indian and Inuit Photographer’s Association’s Video Binge, 1997, and best documentary at New Frontiers Film, 1995. Five years in the making, Johnny Greyeyes premiered at Sundance 2000 and is the recipient of the Bulloch Award for best Canadian film at insideOut in Toronto, the Freedom Award at Outfest in L.A., and the award for best director at the American Indian Film Festival.
35 mm
78 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Original version in English |
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Producers
Jorge Manuel Manzano
Timothy L. Hill
Associate Producers
Lynn Hutchinson
Marcel Commanda
Executive Producers
Patricia Tomic
Ricardo Trumper
Director
Jorge Manuel Manzano
Scriptwriter
Jorge Manuel Manzano
Director of Photography
Marcos Arriaga
Editing
Jacqueline Carmody
Art Director
Ricardo Barcelo
Music
Nano Valverde
Cast
Gail Maurice
Columpa C. Bobb
Jonathan Fisher
Gloria May Eshkibok
Georgina Lightning
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Production
Nepantla Films Inc.
#1 Corby Ave.
Toronto Ontario
M6E 1T9
Canada
(416) 651 6263
(416) 651 9423
jorgemanzano@nepantla.on.ca
www.johnnygreyeyes.com
Distribution – Canada
Vagrant Films Canada
555 Richmond St. W.
Suite 714
Toronto Ontario
M6E 1T9
Canada
(416) 504-5303
(416) 504-7496
vagrantfilms@go.com
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