Are you an individual or group wanting to make an issue, character or history documentary? Or perhaps you're a nonprofit organization or policy research group that who would like a short film to accompany a multi year report? Do you have some funding and a vision for a film, but not necessarily the experience, skills or interest in producing it yourself?
Consider reaching out to Rebel Sky Media with your idea to see if we might be a good fit together in producing your next film. Often clients and community groups have chosen Rebel Sky Media to direct and produce a film from its concept to completion while maintaining ownership or executive producer status over the finished film. Its now your film and story to put out to the world. We love these kinds of partnerships and would be excited to take your next idea from an idea to the big screen! Send a message on the contact page.
A SAMPLE OF PAST DOCUMENTARY FILMS
RESERVE 107
(2015)
Award Winning Documentary Short
Directed, Produced, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
Associate Producing by Adrienne Leitch
TRT: 32:33
Indigenous rights and title to the land remains a taboo topic for many across Canada, but in the small town of Laird, Saskatchewan, an old injustice is providing new opportunities for dialogue, friendship and a fierce determination to right the wrongs of the past.
THEATRE OF NEIGHBOURS
RR
(2019)
(FIRST) Feature Length Independant Documentary
Directed, Produced, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 53:50
This dedicated group of neighbours take part in a unique form of improv that has been described not only as powerful art but a type of theatre that is therapeutic for actors and audience alike. By connecting and performing the stories of others they are brought closer to their own experiences and because of that encounter all kinds of opportunities and life lessons.
This modest film production presents an unassuming but remarkable story of the power of human connection through local storytelling and theatre and reveals the art of what it takes to deeply see, hear and play back the stories of others
(2019)
TREATY TALK: SHARING
THE RIVER OF LIFE
RR
(2018)
Educational Film
Executive Producer - Pat Makokis
ExeDirected, Produced, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
Associate Producing by Adrienne Leitch
TRT: 50:11
THE INCLUSIVE ECONOMY
(2017)
Commissioned by CCEDNET, CCPA Manitoba
ExeFilmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 28:33
FOR LOVE OF A RIVER
RR
(2016)
Commissioned Documentary Short
Producer - Ellen Cook & Will Braun
ExeFilmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 17:59
When the water goes up behind the $8.7-billion Keeyask Dam in northern Manitoba, the cost is too great for at least one family. For Love of a River, Two Stories of Loss and Longing is produced by Ellen Cook and Will Braun and filmed by Brad Leitch. This low budget short film focuses on the story of two women, who at two different times watched their communities transformed by Hydro Development. In the shadows of these dams they imagine a future beyond concrete.
PILGRIMAGE FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
RR
(2016)
Commissioned Film (Mennonite Church Canada/
Christian Peacemaker Teams)
ExeFilmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 30:46
ROOMING HOUSES TO
ROOMING HOMES
RR
(2013)
Commissioned Film Canadian Centre
for Policy Alternatives Manitoba
DirectedDirected, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 17:11
In Winnipeg's inner city, and espcially in West Broadway and Spence neighbourhoods, older homes converted to rooming houses are an important type of housing for many people living on low incomes. However, rooming houses are fast disappearing due to an uncoordinated policy and regulatory framework and market pressures. In addition, there are many day-to-day problems associated with rooming houses related to challenges of poverty and aging houses. Research finds that these inter-related issues should be dealt with together (CMHC 2002). See the full report: https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/rooming-houses-rooming-homes
BROKEN COVENANT:
ROYAL PROCLAMATION
OF 1763
RR
(2012)
Commissioned Film by Mennonite Church Canada Indigenous Settler Relations
Produced by Steve Heinrichs
Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 30:46
What is the Royal Proclamation of 1763? Most Canadians have never heard of it, yet the Proclamation is a part of Canada's Constitution, and for many Indigenous peoples, it is the 'Magna Carta' of our Treaty tradition. What significance does it have today? Join a delegation of Indigenous leaders and church guests as they journey to London, England to mark the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation and to meet with the British Crown. Discover why this old legislation matters not only to Indigenous peoples, but also to settler Canadians. • For a discussion guide on the documentary, see www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/2375
ARAS ABID AKRAM:
PROFILE OF COURAGE
RR
(2011)
Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
Archival Footage provided by with permission from
Halabjah Monument and Peace Museum.
Music courtesy of Efterklang.
TRT: 9:00
My very first documentary short, filmed in Northern Iraq in 2010. This was filmed on tape and before I owned an HD camera. This small video remains a very important project for both the lessons learned that still shape my career, the challenges of dealing with difficult material, and the opportunity to meet some remarkable people in Kurdistan.
TREATY WALK
(2020)
Award Winning Documentary Short
Produced by Scott MacDougall and Patricia Makokis
Funded by the Health Sciences Assocation of Alberta
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
Associate Producing by Adrienne Leitch
TRT: 14:35
AWASISAK OUR FUTURE
(2022)
Award Winning Documentary Short
Produced by Patricia Makokis and Janice Makokis
Directed, Filmed & Edited by Brad Leitch
TRT: 27:40