Second Contact

Second Contact
Feature Film
In development with Telefilm
Feature-length screenplay by Andrew Genaille
Co-Produced and Developed with Sir Perphoulous Films

Tait First Nation is a remote reservation, isolated from the rest of civilization; no television, no radio, one road in and out. With no real time connection with the rest of the world it misses out on the big things, the Olympics, global warming, and of course, the zombie apocalypse. Isolated enough, that while the rest of the world was being overrun by zombies, our hero Jason was preparing the largest bingo tournament the reserve has ever seen. When all hope is lost, when the zombies are about to win....they survive,  and as Marty puts it best “you wouldn't believe me, it's pretty far fetched....but very Indian."

Cardinal

Cardinal
TV Drama Series 
In development with APTN and BC Film
Created and Written by Andrew Genaille
Co-Produced and Developed with Sir Perphoulous Films

The Tait First Nations Reserve has ceased all land claims negotiations with the government, and led by their chief negotiator, Karen Cardinal, they aim to roadblock.  It’s not easy to do, Karen has to go through the politics of her band office for the support she needs; convincing the council that it’s not personal.  Against her, her father’s best friend Tommy who would prefer a more peaceful solution as well as Karen’s own best friend Rachel.  Supportive, but with his own reservations, is the leader of the local warriors society Peter John; he understands the implications but is taken aback by Karen’s lack of traditional politics.    Roadblock is half an hour behind the scenes that people normally don’t see of native insurrections, done with intelligence and wit that’s not usually associated with aboriginals on television.

IKHAYA

IKHAYA 
Feature Film
Screenplay by Brian Paisley
Based on a story by Peter Houghton

Based on the little-known historical link between Apartheid and Canada’s 150-year-old system of First Nations Reserves/Residential Schools, IKHAYA (Zulu for HOME) is a political thriller set in turbulent 1990's South Africa.

After his brother is killed during a tar sands protest, TOM SNOW, an activist Cree doctor, volunteers for medical work in Cape Town just as Nelson Mandela becomes President. 

A brutal racial murder plunges Snow into a social/political maelstrom of black activists, disgruntled Afrikaners and a Special Forces reactionary commander, the driving force behind an imminent coup. Faced with escalating violence, Snow must choose to avoid further trouble or take part in its resolution.

Amid delirious opening day crowds at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, Snow confronts a “fall guy” encouraged to assassinate Mandela and create national chaos.   Though Snow helps avert catastrophe, another personal tragedy triggers his decision to re-engage with his own people’s struggles for Native Rights.

WHITE (K)NIGHT

WHITE (K)NIGHT is a suspense-drama set during the social upheaval of 1970s San Francisco. With the ‘mass suicide’ of 1,100 poor inner-city Americans, in Jonestown, Guyana, one man, an arson investigator, must find his daughter; his search reveals a web of clandestine political activities that connect to a CIA funded population control experiment.

WHISPERING REIGN

WHISPERING REIGN is a stark dramatization of a little known side of Toronto’s past. The story exposes a sinister network that ‘disappears’ suspected political subversives, examines the dangerous legitimacy given anti-Semitism in pre-war Toronto, and explores the courage of those who fought against it.