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Lost Nation Road is a true story of people brailing their mysteries. And it really happened." - Stephen Jenkinson
SYNOPSIS
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Stephen Jenkinson once headed the counselling team of Canada’s largest home-based palliative care program. Working with hundreds of deaths, he witnessed a wretched anxiety that gathered around dying people and their families. He recognized this phobia as not just a personal issue, but has its parallel in our modern cultures’ climate-killing way of life.
After leaving palliative care, Stephen published the book 'Die Wise' about his time in the death trade. He began teaching extensively across North America, then around the world. A synchronistic encounter with Canadian musician Gregory Hoskins gave rise to an unlikely collaboration and the ‘Nights of Grief and Mystery’ tour was born. LOST NATION ROAD is a glimpse behind-the-scenes of their soulful mystery train, an ode to wonder, and a love letter for the willingness to know endings. |
Photo: Heather Pollock
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Lost Nation Road was awarded the Storyhive 2018 Documentary Grant.
THE FILMMAKERS
IAN MACKENZIE - DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Ian MacKenzie has directed, shot and produced over 30+ shorts, and worked on numerous features including One Week Job, Occupy Love (directed by Velcrow Ripper), and Amplify Her (co-director). His work is primarily concerned with the power of media to transform culture toward a world that works for all life. As well, Ian has studied the reawakening of village, through the Orphan Wisdom school and Tamera Healing Biotope in Portugal.
JEN MURANETZ - PRODUCER
Jen Muranetz is a STORYHIVE alumni, having directed and produced BETTER TOGETHER, a short documentary on Vancouver’s collective housing subculture. She is an accomplished video journalist with over seven years' experience producing, writing, shooting and editing for broadcast and online media platforms. Jen graduated with honours from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's Radio and Television Program in 2010 and has since told more than 700 stories for organizations such as VICE, Shaw TV, Collective Evolution, Vancity Buzz, Modern Agriculture and Simon Fraser University. In 2014, she was nominated for a Leo Award for 'Best Screenwriting' in the 'Information of Lifestyle Series' category.
Jen Muranetz is a STORYHIVE alumni, having directed and produced BETTER TOGETHER, a short documentary on Vancouver’s collective housing subculture. She is an accomplished video journalist with over seven years' experience producing, writing, shooting and editing for broadcast and online media platforms. Jen graduated with honours from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology's Radio and Television Program in 2010 and has since told more than 700 stories for organizations such as VICE, Shaw TV, Collective Evolution, Vancity Buzz, Modern Agriculture and Simon Fraser University. In 2014, she was nominated for a Leo Award for 'Best Screenwriting' in the 'Information of Lifestyle Series' category.
JAIME GIANOPOLOUS - CAMERA OPERATOR, ASSISTANT EDITOR
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos started her path of filmmaking at age 19 when she traveled to Kosovo to create a documentary film entitled "A Promise is a Promise." Since then she has gone on to pursue directing, impact producing, photography and editing. Jaime is a graduate with a degree in Film Production from ‘The Toronto Film School.’ She spent a year and a half traveling across South America shooting short documentaries that have been awarded and screened at film festivals worldwide. She is currently working on project development and in collaboration with other talented filmmakers. Her passion is to create character-driven documentaries that inspire and create more empathy and understanding.
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos started her path of filmmaking at age 19 when she traveled to Kosovo to create a documentary film entitled "A Promise is a Promise." Since then she has gone on to pursue directing, impact producing, photography and editing. Jaime is a graduate with a degree in Film Production from ‘The Toronto Film School.’ She spent a year and a half traveling across South America shooting short documentaries that have been awarded and screened at film festivals worldwide. She is currently working on project development and in collaboration with other talented filmmakers. Her passion is to create character-driven documentaries that inspire and create more empathy and understanding.
ALEX KING-HARRIS - SOUND DESIGN
Alex King-Harris, aka Rara Avis, formerly of Desert Dwellers, Shamans Dream and Liquid Bloom is the CEO/Co-Founder of YogiTunes.com and a leader in transformational music experiences. His immersive sonic environments incorporate a multi-instrumental, omni-cultural approach, mixing pre-produced original studio music with live electronic elements. flute, guitar, didgeridoo, harmonic overtone singing, improvised prayers and DJ techniques are layered together to create the backdrop for a mindful and embodied experience – inspiring ecstatic journeys in venues as intimate as a yoga studio and as sprawling as a festival setting.
Alex King-Harris, aka Rara Avis, formerly of Desert Dwellers, Shamans Dream and Liquid Bloom is the CEO/Co-Founder of YogiTunes.com and a leader in transformational music experiences. His immersive sonic environments incorporate a multi-instrumental, omni-cultural approach, mixing pre-produced original studio music with live electronic elements. flute, guitar, didgeridoo, harmonic overtone singing, improvised prayers and DJ techniques are layered together to create the backdrop for a mindful and embodied experience – inspiring ecstatic journeys in venues as intimate as a yoga studio and as sprawling as a festival setting.