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Fern Levitt (director)
Fern Levitt is a Canadian-born international award-winning documentary producer and director, most notably known for her documentary film “Sled Dogs,” released in 2016, which aired on the CBC Documentary channel Sunday, December 11, 2022.

Documentaries
"Gorbachev's Revolution" (2004). Made for History Channel's "Turning Points of History" to mark the 20th anniversary of Perestroika. The documentary includes exclusive interviews with former President Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush Sr. and Eduard Shevardnadze. The film explores Gorbachev’s dramatic rise in the Communist Party to the eventual coup which ended his leadership and dissolved the Soviet Union.

“Sakharov - Conscience of a Country ” (2003) Made for History Channel's "Turning Points of History." Andrei Sakharov was known as the Father of the hydrogen bomb and the first Russian to receive the Nobel Prize only to be later exiled for 7 years as an enemy of the people.

"The Velvet Revolution" (2005), Made for History Channel's "Turning Points of History," tells the story of Vaclav Havel’s rise from playwright to dissident to the first President of a free Czechoslovakia, Nominated for a Gemini for best Biography

"The Little Rock Nine" (2011) Made for History Channel's "Turning Points of History." The story of a group of African American high-school students in the 1950's who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas.

“Each of Us Has a Name” (1999) follows the 1998 journey of Canadian Jewish teenagers and Holocaust survivors on the March of the Living, as they visit the former Nazi German death camps in Poland as well as other historic sites in the country. Winner of the Chicago US International Festival for Best Documentary.

"My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner (2006)". This film describes one man’s courageous opposition to Nazi Germany, as well as the trials and tribulations of his grandson, who would rise above his tragic childhood to share his Grandfather’s surprising story.

IMDB lists 3 productions of Fern Levitt: The Palm Effect, My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner, and Sled Dogs.

Awards and Nominations
Best Female Director, Documentary category by the Alliance of Women Film journalists EDA Award: Sled Dogs.

World Documentary, Best Documentary: Sled Dogs. This Award was share with Arnie Zipursky

"Each Of Us Has A Name" was awarded Winner of the Chicago US International Festival for Best Documentary.

Best Historical Documentary at the Houston Film Festival: “Sakharov - Conscience of a Country" (2003)

Nomination for a Gemini for best Biography: "The Velvet Revolution" (2005)

Social Justice, Activism, and Holocaust Educational Work
7 Days of Remembrance and Hope (2009). This documentary follows the 2009 journey of 60 Canadian university students of diverse backgrounds on the March of Remembrance and Hope, as they visit the former Nazi German death camps in occupied Poland as well as other historic sites in the country.

“Each of Us Has a Name” (1999) follows the 1998 journey of Canadian Jewish teenagers and Holocaust survivors on the March of the Living, as they visit the former Nazi German death camps in Poland as well as other historic sites in the country.