Los Angeles Festival Premiere
DOCUMENTARY SHORT | Canada | 13 MINUTES | English
Conviction
After Joseph is released from jail, he faces inner demons that stand in the way of true freedom.
Part of the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival commission/mentorship program
CAST & CREDITS
Directed by Bruce Miller
Bruce Thomas Miller is Anishinabe from Matachewan First Nation in Canada. 43 years of age and raised in rural communities (off reserve) in Northern Ontario, from Foleyet, Hornepayne to Timmins. 20 years ago, he attended Cambrian College in the Theater Production Program receiving his diploma. Acquiring a variation of skills from carpentry, lighting, stage management, etc etc. He then had an opportunity to attend Vancouver Film School in their Film Production program, to which he received a diploma. He then moved to Toronto to try and establish a career in the arts but support was not there for aspiring Indigenous artists. He then found himself passing through Calgary and working on the front lines of a homeless shelter. 14 years had passed and dealing with drug interventions, crisis situations, suicide interventions and mental health crisis’ had left him with PTSD from the years of front
line work. He then found solace in his artistic side, his writing. He is now working on his PTSD through the arts by getting back in touch with his artistic side. And hopes to continue his artistic journey.
Director
Bruce Miller
Producer
Nicola Waugh, Guillaume Carlier, Gillian McKercher
Screenwriter
Bruce Miller
Cast
Shane Ghostkeeper
Program Five
Showtimes
November 13
IN-PERSON
Screening: 1:30 to 3:00pm
Q&A With Filmmakers
Bruce Miller, Shane Ghostkeeper