Interview with a Director: Shirley Cheechoo

Shirley Cheechoo is an award-winning Cree director, actor and artist from Michigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island.  As founder of the Debajehmujig Theatre Company, one of the most respected independent Native theatre companies in the world, she has propelled aboriginal stories onto the stage and into film.  In 2008, Cheechoo won a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.

Wade Owl and Mike Jacko met with Shirley Cheechoo at the 2009 Aboriginal Education Youth Day in Sudbury, Ontario.\

HOSTS: Wade Owl and Mike Jacko
EDITORS: Kris Dickson, Jesse Dubreuil and Malcolm McLeod
PRODUCER: Jayson Stewart
AVATAR: Jesse Dubreuil and Malcolm McLeod
BACKGROUND SOUNDS recorded live on location at the 2009 Aboriginal Education Youth Day in Sudbury, Ontario.

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