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Paul Manly, Film-maker

Paul Manly (born April 19, 1964) is a Canadian west-coast film-maker.

Documentary Film Maker ( http://www.manlymedia.com/)

Paul started making documentary and educational films after graduating from broadcasting in 1991. His work focuses on environmental and social justice issues and has broadcast nationally and internationally. His first major film was a collaboration with his parents on a historic documentary about residential schools entitled the Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw. He collaborated with his parents again on a film about human rights workers in Guatemala entitled ‘Bringing Truth to Light’. His film Sombrio documents the end of a community of surfers and squatters on the south west coast of Vancouver Island. In 2007, Paul videotaped three police provocateurs inciting violence at the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) leaders event and the footage went viral making international news. He included that footage in his film ‘You, Me and the SPP’ which he released in 2009. Paul has made two films about water issues on Vancouver Island ‘Voices of the River’ about the Nanaimo River and ‘Troubled Water’ about the community drinking-water watershed on the east coast of the island.

Paul has worked on a number of educational projects related to aboriginal culture, mental health, health care, environmental stewardship and economic alternatives. He has collaborated on educational projects with organizations such as the Council of Canadians, Columbia Centre Society, Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, Hul’qumi’num Health Hub, the B.C. Health Coalition, The Land Conservancy of B.C., the Georgia Straight Alliance and Tanker Free B.C. among others.

In 2010, Paul produced the first video exposing the export of raw bitumen out of the Port of Vancouver and the plans for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. He then produced a PSA with Pamela Anderson which attracted international attention to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and received media coverage across Canada and around the world.

Documentary Films: The Awakening of Elizabeth Shaw, 25 minutes, 1996

Bringing Truth to Light, 25 minutes. 1998

Building Bridges, 18 minutes, 2004

Sombrio, 60 minutes, 2006

You, Me and the SPP, 90 minutes, 2009

Voices of the River, 48 minutes, 2012

Troubled Water, 52 minutes, 2013

Career and Community

In addition to owning and operating his own small business for the past 15 years, Paul has extensive management experience in the private and non-profit sectors at both the national and international level. He was a department manager at the Satellite Video Exchange Society for six years. He also worked in artist management negotiating international recording, licensing and distribution deals and managing international tours.

He was a director on the board of the development company for Pacific Gardens Cohousing Community, a multi-million dollar housing project. He is currently a director of the Mid Island Consumer Services Cooperative. Previously, Paul was a director on the national board of the Council of Canadians representing the B.C. Yukon region.

Recently he has also been working in the non-profit sector coordinating Nanaimo Foodshare’s Cultivating Abilities skills training program for people with barriers to employment. https://nanaimofoodshare.ca/cultivating-abilities/

Politics

Like his father, Paul Manly was very active in the New Democratic Party. In 2015, the NDP Party Leader blocked Paul's nomination as candidate for Nanaimo-Ladysmith because of his criticism of the NDP for not coming to his father’s aid when he was imprisoned in Israel while on a humanitarian aid mission to Gaza. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, asked Paul to consider running as a Green Party candidate. Paul embarked on extensive research into the Green Party of Canada, including travelling as videographer for Elizabeth May and Green Party supporters on their cross-Canada train trip from B.C. to Nova Scotia for the Green Party Convention. Paul Manly is now the international trade and investment critic for the Green Party of Canada's shadow cabinet. The Platform for the Green Party of Canada is called Vision Green https://www.greenparty.ca/en/vision-green

Paul Manly was a candidate in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding in Canada's 42nd federal election, held on October 19, 2015.

Paul Manly is the federal Green Party Candidate for the riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith in British Columbia, Canada. The next by-election will be held on May 6, 2019 and the general election is scheduled for October 21st 2019.

Early Years

Paul Manly was born in Port Alice on Vancouver Island, B.C. His grandfather had a farm just outside of Nanaimo and Paul spent his formative years growing up in Ladysmith. He has been living in Nanaimo since 2002. Paul was raised in a political family and developed a keen interest in social and economic justice, environmental stewardship and politics. His father, James Manly was a United Church minister and a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons for the 32nd and 33rd Canadian parliaments. His mother Eva Manly, a graduate of Ottawa U (BFA '85) is a multi-disciplinary artist who has collaborated with Paul on several video and documentary projects. She has a keen interest in social justice issues.

Education

Paul has a diploma in Broadcasting from Algonquin College in Ottawa and a degree in Media Studies and Global Studies from Vancouver Island University. He has a done extensive research on international relations and international trade and how trade agreements affect democratic decision making at all levels of governance.

Family Life Paul is married, has two daughters and one granddaughter.

References

Nanaimo-Ladysmith []

Jim Manly, father

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https://www.straight.com/news/822471/former-ndp-mp-jim-manly-calls-greens-much-more-vibrant-party

NDP Leader Blocks Nomination of Paul Manly

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-blocks-paul-manly-son-of-former-mp-from-seeking-2015-bid-in-b-c-1.2694452

Decision to Run Again in 2019

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/manly-will-give-it-another-go-with-federal-green-party/

Council of Canadians

https://canadians.org/blog/board-member-paul-manly-el-salvador https://canadians.org/blog/mid-island-chapter-calls-public-ownership-nanaimos-watershed https://canadians.org/fr/node/11884 http://midislandcanadians.org/win-nanaimo-becomes-a-blue-community/ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2014/11/26/news/clayoquot-sound-activists-march-arrest-kinder-morgan-protest

Mid Island Coop

http://www.midislandco-op.com/index.php?page=13

Kinder Morgan

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/green-leader-says-pipeline-climate-commitments-incompatible/ http://www.soundernews.com/news/pipelines-and-tankers-nanaimo-ladysmith-candidates-weigh-in.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKEzxI43LcE

No Tanks PSA with Pamela Anderson

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/pamela-anderson-says-no-thanks-to-tanks-off-vancouver-island/article1320035/

Sombrio Beach film

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-work-of-passion-and-love/article965226/

SPP Protest clip

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-man-who-filmed-the-montebello-provocateurs/article699086/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St1-WTc1kow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur

Troubled Water film

https://www.paov.ca/mediamenu/alternative-news/569-who-will-protect-nanaimo-s-watershed-asks-vancouver-island-filmmaker-paul-manley

Voices of the River film

https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/entertainment/filmmaker-explores-nanaimo-river-in-documentary/

Nanaimo Food Share

https://nanaimofoodshare.ca/cultivating-abilities/