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Barbara Cranmer

= Barbara Cranmer = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Barbara Cranmer (1959 or 1960 – May 17, 2019) was a 'Namgis documentary filmmaker. Her works focus on First Nations subjects.

Her 2016 film Our Voices, Our Stories, which won "Best Documentary Short" at the 40th American Indian Film Festival, documents the Canadian Indian residential school system.

Cranmer died of brain cancer.

Cranmer’s traditional name was “Lakwalogwa,” which means hollering at her people to feast.

Career
Winner of 2019's Vancouver Women in Film & Television Vancouver's Spotlight Awards for Impact Award

Filmography

 * Gwishalaayt ⎯ the spirit wraps around you
 * ITUSTO To Rise Again
 * Mungo Martin: A Slender Thread/The Legacy
 * Namegan's Om Dlu'wans Awinagwisex | We Are One With the Land
 * Potlatch: To Give

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Categories:


 * 2019 deaths
 * 21st-century First Nations people
 * Canadian documentary film directors
 * Canadian women film directors
 * Deaths from brain tumor
 * First Nations filmmakers
 * Kwakwaka'wakw people
 * Women documentary filmmakers
 * Canadian film director stubs

"Barb Cranmer, filmmaker – Featured Artist". tea&bannock. 2016-02-21. Retrieved 2017-11-18. "Our Voices, Our Stories – Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU". apa.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-18. "West Coast film-making legend has died - APTN News". aptnnews.ca. Retrieved May 22, 2019. Category:Career