Faith Howe landed behind the camera later in life. She could have been hanging up her briefcase and heels from a career in marketing and fundraising, but instead Faith took a seat at Georgian College in the Digital Video Production Post Grad Program. Her first short Holiday Vengeance won Silver in the International Short category at South Georgian Film Festival. Her first pilot turned short, HOTBOX won People’s Choice and Barrie Film Festival, her first animation Ode to Claire won awards internationally. In the meantime, Faith took several terms of acting classes yearning to understand how to be a more competent director. Her latest film, The Nature of Healing, a journey shared by seven Survivors of the Mohawk Institute, Canada’s first “Indian” Residential School, she believes was directed by the participants and their story. “I learned to follow the nudges and directions of the participants, I learned how to research because, even though I am descendant of a woman who was in a residential school, I realized I didn’t know how as a country we got to this moment in history. And most importantly, I listened and the story took us where we needed to go. It takes special people working in unison, bringing out one another’s unique talents to ultimately produce pieces we are privileged to be a part of. That’s joy, even when the topic is unbearable.” Faith’s oldest granddaughter of seven most recently expressed how proud she is of the lifelong learning Faith continues. And like those before her, she surrenders to the story, because it isn’t done until its done.