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Set to Downie’s Secret Path album, the animated feature told the story of Wenjack and marked the 50th anniversary of the morning his body was found frozen beside the railroad tracks only 12 miles into his journey. 23, 2016 on CBC and streamed worldwide at cbc.ca/secretpath.

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The two previous films in the series are available to watch online. The documentary includes reflections by the Wenjack family and Indigenous leaders including Assembly of First NationsNational Chief Perry Bellegarde, Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, and former Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Grand Chief Sheila North. Wenjack died in 1966 while trying to escape a residential school in northern Ontario.

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on CBC (9:30 NT), the CBC TV streaming app and cbc.ca/watch. An encore broadcast of the documentary will air on CBC News Network on Oct. The third documentary in the public broadcaster’s trilogy on the late The Tragically Hip frontman, the film’s release marks the first anniversary of Downie’s death and 52nd anniversary of the death of Charlie Wenjack, the 12-year-old Anishanaabe boy whose story Downie fought to bring to the national stage.įinding the Secret Path will premiere on Friday, Oct. Secret Path in concert won the award for Best Variety or Entertainment Special and Best Sound in a non-fiction program at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.CBC has announced the broadcast premiere date for Finding The Secret Path, a one-hour documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of the last year of Gord Downie’s life.

The CBC aired Secret Path in October of 2017. Secret Path in Concert was filmed at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on Octowith more than 30 members of Chanie Wenjack’s family in attendance capturing Gord Downie’s remarkable and emotional Secret Path live performance with musicians Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies), Josh Finlayson (Skydiggers) Dave Hamelin (The Stills) and Charles Spearin (Broken Social Scene), interwoven with intimate backstage moments and footage from The Secret Path animated film. An adaptation of Gord Downie’s music and Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel, it tells the wrenching story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died fifty years ago, after running away from an Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ontario. Secret Path is a multimedia project including a documentary, musical tour and an animated film.

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