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== 'We Matter' Campaign (2016-present) == |
== 'We Matter' Campaign (2016-present) == |
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In October 2016, Kelvin Redvers and his sister Tunchai Redvers launched 'We Matter', a national online campaign designed to bring awareness to the struggles of [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] youth across [[Canada]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://iamstronger.ca/pages/sasksf17-keynote-kelvin-redvers|title=SASKSF17 Keynote Kelvin Redvers|last=Stronger|first=I Am|website=iamstronger.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-03-30}}</ref> It is modelled after [[Dan Savage]]'s '[[It Gets Better Project|It Gets Bette]]<nowiki/>r' campaign and collects videos and writings from each Indigenous community across [[Canada]] with the aim of reducing the number of indigenous teen suicides, while also providing them with mental health resources.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/we-matter-campaign-indigenous-suicide-1.3812037|title='We Matter' campaign speaks directly to Indigenous youth contemplating suicide|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-03-30|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> |
In October 2016, Kelvin Redvers and his sister Tunchai Redvers launched 'We Matter', a national online campaign designed to bring awareness to the struggles of [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] youth across [[Canada]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://iamstronger.ca/pages/sasksf17-keynote-kelvin-redvers|title=SASKSF17 Keynote Kelvin Redvers|last=Stronger|first=I Am|website=iamstronger.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-03-30}}</ref> It is modelled after [[Dan Savage]]'s '[[It Gets Better Project|It Gets Bette]]<nowiki/>r' campaign and collects videos and writings from each Indigenous community across [[Canada]] with the aim of reducing the number of indigenous teen suicides, while also providing them with mental health resources.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/we-matter-campaign-indigenous-suicide-1.3812037|title='We Matter' campaign speaks directly to Indigenous youth contemplating suicide|work=CBC News|access-date=2017-03-30|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9" />. <nowiki/>Redvers mails the We Matter videos on USB drives to Indigenous communities across Canada who do not have internet access.<ref name=":8" /> |
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== Film Awards and Recognition == |
== Film Awards and Recognition == |
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Kelvin Redvers is an award-winning writer, producer and film director who belongs to the Deniniu K’ue First Nation.[1]
Biography
Kelvin Redvers grew up in Hay River, Northwest Territories.[2] He majored in film production and graduated in June 2010 with a Batchelor of Fine Arts from Simon Frasier University in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he gained the proficiency for writing and directing his first short films Playing Cards (2007) and The Night the Robber Came (2009).[2][3] His work covers both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal topics as well as First Nations community and aboriginal current affairs.[2]
Redvers received his first nationwide Bravo! Canada broadcast credit at the age of 21, for The Making of a Haida Totem Pole.[2] Redvers' documentary television series for Knowledge Network titled Our First Voices (2012) proved Redvers as a successful up-and-coming filmmaker.[2] Because of the success of Our First Voices, Redvers, at the age of 23, was hired in September 2010 by CTV as a producer of CTV-BC's First Story, a Vancouver-based television series and production company that detail Canadian Aboriginal concerns.[3][4] Over the course of three seasons, as of 2014, Redvers had produced twelve episodes for First Story.[3]
In May 2011, Redvers applied for a film grant through BravoFACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent).[5] The funding that he received through BravoFACT allowed Redvers the opportunity to make the seven-minute short film The Dancing Cop.[5] In September 2012, The Dancing Cop premiered in the Short Cuts section at the Toronto International Film Festival and at the Oldenburg Film Festival in Germany.[5][6]
'We Matter' Campaign (2016-present)
In October 2016, Kelvin Redvers and his sister Tunchai Redvers launched 'We Matter', a national online campaign designed to bring awareness to the struggles of Indigenous youth across Canada.[7] It is modelled after Dan Savage's 'It Gets Better' campaign and collects videos and writings from each Indigenous community across Canada with the aim of reducing the number of indigenous teen suicides, while also providing them with mental health resources.[8][1]. Redvers mails the We Matter videos on USB drives to Indigenous communities across Canada who do not have internet access.[8]
Film Awards and Recognition
- Golden Starfish award for "Best Young Videomaker" at the Hamptons International Film Festival (won)[9]
- Rising Star Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Canada International Film Festival (won)[9]
- Best Film in the Drama Category at the International Student Film Festival (won)[9]
- Gordon Shrum Gold Medal (2010, won)[2]
- Jack Webster Award (2011, won for Black Blood—Tainted Land, Dying Caribou)[3][4]
- Jack Webster Award (2012, won for First Story, episode "A Home for Edgar')[3]
- RTDNA Trina McQueen Award from the Association of Electronic Journalists (2012, won for Death of a Carver)[3][2]
Film and Television Contributions
| Year | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Playing Cards (short) | Director |
| 2007 | Past The Skin (short) | Camera and Electrical (grip) |
| 2007 | Project Alice (short) | Assistant Camera/Camera Operator |
| 2008 | A Look at the Life of Morgan Green (short) | Director/Producer/Editor/Cinematographer/Publicist |
| 2009 | Firebear Called them Faith Healers (short) | Director/Producer/Editor |
| 2009 | The Night the Robber Came (short) | Director/Producer/Writer/Editor/Publicist |
| 2010 | Kids Court (short) | Director/Producer/Writer |
| 2010 | Joan's Account (short) | Boom Operator |
| 2010 | Pokémon Apocalypse (short) | Actor |
| 2010 | Two Indians Talking (short) | Camera and Electrical (grip/second assistant camera) |
| 2010 | Our First Voices (Television Documentary Series) | Director |
| 2011 -- | First Story (television) | Director/Producer |
| 2012 | The Dancing Cop (short) | Director/Writer/Producer |
| 2013 | Evangeline (feature film) | Actor |
| 2014 | Rattlesnake (short) | Director/Producer/Writer |
References
- ^ a b "Difference Makers: Kelvin Redvers prevents suicide in indigenous communities by sharing messages of hope". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Kelvin Redvers". British Columbia. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kelvin Redvers; Award-Winning Aboriginal Filmmaker and Television Producer | SFU OLC". www.sfu.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b "Kelvin Redvers". cinema politica. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b c "Kelvin Redvers' latest film will screen at Toronto International Film Festival". The Hub. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ "TIFF debuts a 'dream come true' for NWT films – Northern Journal". norj.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ^ Stronger, I Am. "SASKSF17 Keynote Kelvin Redvers". iamstronger.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b "'We Matter' campaign speaks directly to Indigenous youth contemplating suicide". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
- ^ a b c "Moving Images Distribution: Kelvin Redvers". movingimages.ca (in en_CA). Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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