Director, writer,
producer, shooter, editor, and on-air personality, Janelle Wookey, came to talk
to first year CreComm students yesterday about her 2008 Individual Professional
Project (IPP).
She is a
young woman from a French-Aboriginal background (Métis). Her grandmother, from
the same background, has for years denied the fact that she was Métis and was embarrassed
to talk about her heritage. Janelle shot a documentary about her grandmother
for her IPP, in which the end goal was the get grandma to acknowledge her
background, and to register for her Métis card.
The documentary
was absolutely amazing. For most seminars you can often find me texting
(although I’m paying attention as well). For this one, I started texting before
the documentary started, but didn’t touch my phone once until the entire
seminar was over. Yay me. And by Yay me, I mean Yay Janelle.
Her video
was truly inspiring, and it couldn’t have been shown to us at a better time.
Right now all the first year CreComm students are working on their IPP
proposals and working out the kinks in their ideas. I thank Janelle for taking
time out of her busy schedule to come in and inspire us to think big, work
hard, and achieve greatness.
On Janelle Wookey’s website, you will find a link to her “Memere Metisse” documentary
which I highly suggest you take a look at. She also has a bunch of other videos
on her site, and I’ve been really impressed with the ones I’ve watched so far. After
you watch her video, come back here and tell me what you think. I’d love to
chat about it with you folks.
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