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Ervin Chartrand (3)

Ervin Chartrand

Ervin Chartrand

Ojibwe/Métis filmmaker Ervin Chartrand draws from personal experience—years lost to gang violence and jail—to craft sympathetic and powerful stories of young people at risk. Patrick Ross (2006), his short portrait of an Indigenous inmate-turned-painter, won top prizes at festivals. “The film is like the artist it depicts,” said The Winnipeg Free Press, “cool, articulate, with an undercurrent of hard-won wisdom that shines through in the work.” Other credits include Other Side of 49th, 504938C and Fight (2012), about young Indigenous men seeking direction through boxing. Chartrand is active with the Winnipeg Film Group and gives regular presentations to youth at risk.

  • First Stories - Patrick Ross
    First Stories - Patrick Ross
    Ervin Chartrand 2006 5 min
    In this short film, we meet 29-year-old Patrick Ross, an ex-prison inmate-turned-artist. Watch Patrick as he creates one of his extraordinary paintings while sharing his thoughts on his art, his time in jail, and his hopes for the future. First Stories is an emerging filmmaker program for Indigenous youth which produced 3 separate collections of short films from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Produced in association with CBC, APTN, SCN, SaskFilm and MANITOBA FILM & SOUND.
  • Fight
    Fight
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    Ervin Chartrand 2012 44 min
    This short documentary introduces us to Randy Baleski, a Winnipeg high school teacher and former boxer who has a unique approach to helping students at risk of not graduating: get them in the ring. We watch him work with two Indigenous teens from troubled backgrounds as they slowly come to understand that boxing is more than just a sport… it's a way of life.
  • Combat
    Combat
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    Ervin Chartrand 2012 44 min
    Ce documentaire nous présente Rene Catcheway et Melvin Delorme, deux jeunes Autochtones issus de milieux perturbés qui risquent d’échouer leur secondaire. Or, Randy Baleski, enseignant et ancien boxeur, croit au pouvoir transformateur de la boxe. Melvin et Rene multiplient les entraînements exténuants, et constatent que la boxe est davantage un mode de vie qu’un sport. Mais est-ce suffisant pour leur permettre de rompre avec une existence jalonnée de coups durs?

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