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Gord's haunting songs introduced me to Chanie Wenjack. Music is universal ... Mike brought the recently finished Secret Path music to graphic novelist Jeff Lemire for his help illustrating ...
The boy’s name was Chanie Wenjack ... a sparse and gorgeous 10-song record encompassing poems Gord had written about Chanie. Gord then asked the acclaimed graphic novelist and artist Jeff ...
A still from graphic novel The Secret Path, written by Gord Downie and illustrated by Jeff Lemire, and inspired by Chanie Wenjack's story ... which evolved into songs. The album, recorded ...
performed songs from his new album, about Wenjack’s life, at three concerts in Ottawa and Toronto. In addition to Downie’s album, titled Secret Path, there is a graphic novel of the same name ...
Pearl Wenjack ... graphic novel and an animated film. Pearl and dozens of members of her family members travelled to Ottawa for the first of two concerts on Tuesday, to see Downie perform the new ...
Through music, a graphic novel and a film, Downie and Lemire told Chanie Wenjack’s story ... also incorporating Lemire and Downie into the song. It’s a mid-tempo folk-rock song with a ...
The songs on this record – like the accompanying graphic novel, animated film and a new novella by Joseph Boyden – were inspired by the true story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Anishinaabe ...
had taken an interest in Chanie Wenjack and created The Secret Path, a graphic novel, video and 10-song album designed to raise awareness about the cruelty of residential schools. At the end of a ...
Secret Path' tells the story of a First Nations boy named Chanie Wenjack, who died in 1966 after ... a new solo album with an accompanying graphic novel and animated film inspired by the tragedy ...
Among its resources, the Legacy Schools toolkit features a graphic novel called Secret Path, which tells the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old boy who died in 1966 after escaping a ...
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Hudson’s Bay Foundation and the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) are proud to launch Oshki Wupoowane | The Blanket Fund. Moving forward, 100 per cent of ...