Rotary True North's Back Bay Cemetery Bridge

September 18, 2020 Yellowknife celebrates the unveiling of a 65-foot suspension bridge at Back Bay Cemetery.
"... Mike Kalnay, club director for the Rotary Club was responsible for organizing and planning the bridge initiative. [...]
Over 12,000 hours worth of volunteered time went into building this bridge, says Mike Kalnay director for the Rotary Club. ..."

  • George Lessard
    Director
  • George Lessard
    Video Artist
  • Braille Merchant
    Music
  • Braille Merchant
    Second Unit
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 24, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - George Lessard

From a community access & media training base, George creates in print, broadcast radio & TV and educational media.

A Yellowknife artist in electronic & digital media, George was born / brought up in Rosemère, north of Montreal, Canada.

His muse now moves from his postings to & showings in Toronto, Vancouver, Banff Calgary, Yellowknife, Inuvik, and Fort Smith Northwest Territories, Salluit, Nunavik (Arctic) Quebec & Arviat, Nunavut, Beijing, China; Nassau, the Bahamas; La Paz, Bolivia; Butare, Rwanda; Chelyabinsk, Russia; Berhampur, Odisha, India and Manu, Peru.

These days he uploads / streams reflective experiential imagery from Yellowknife, and the surrounding boreal forest of the Northwest Territories…

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Director Statement

Information Curation, Communication & Digital Media Artist