Jeff Barnaby, the filmmaker who established himself as one of the leading lights of modern Indigenous cinema with the films “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” and “Blood Quantum,” has died at age 46.
Writer-director Jeff Barnaby, who established himself as one of the leading lights of modern Indigenous cinema with the filmsBarnaby died Thursday in Montreal after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to his publicist.
“Jeff Barnaby’s films changed Canada, and played an outsize role in advancing the cultural and political imperative to reconcile with Indigenous peoples,” Barnaby’s friend and producer John Christou, with whom he worked on several films, wrote in a statement. “His mastery of the craft, his storytelling, his uncompromising vision, and his humanity, shine through his work.
After earning attention with a string of shorts, the Montreal-based Barnaby made his feature debut with the 2013 drama “Rhymes for Young Ghouls.” Set in 1976 against the backdrop of Canada’s abusive residential schools, institutions of assimilation for which the government has since apologized, the film starred Devery Jacobs, who went on to break out with roles in the Starz series “American Gods” and
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