The Healing Lens is a documentary about the healing power of making art and the resiliency of First Nations youth.

It follows the four Anishinawbe youth who acted in "Seeking Bimaadiziiwin", which won Best Short Film at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. None of them had ever acted before and the film script dealt with serious issues like depression, suicide and racism.

Throughout the filmmaking process it was discovered that each of these talented youth actually shared deeply personal connections to the script and had been touched by many of the same issues they were acting out in the film. We are with them as they begin to find their own healing by telling a fictional story in an creative way. However, it is their real lives that are the true story.

By listening to the stories of their journeys, we discover there are many paths one can take to heal themselves, their communities and their nation. It is young people like this that can show all of us the way.

Produced and Directed by:
Michelle Derosier

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.
(This film is currently in production).