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    ‘Uncompromising’ Indigenous filmmaker Jeff Barnaby dies at 46

    Writer-director Jeff Barnaby, who established himself as one of the leading lights of modern Indigenous cinema with the films “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” and “Blood Quantum,” has died at age 46. Barnaby died Thursday in Montreal after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to his publicist. Born and raised on a Mi’gmaq reservation in Quebec, Canada, Barnaby drew in his work on his own roots as ...
    by Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times Oct 13, 2022 3 minutes
    Director Jeff Barnaby of "Rhymes for Young Ghouls" of "The First Peoples Cinema" poses at the Guess Portrait Studio during the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, 2013, in Toronto.

    Writer-director Jeff Barnaby, who established himself as one of the leading lights of modern Indigenous cinema with the films “Rhymes for Young Ghouls” and “Blood Quantum,” has died at age 46.

    Barnaby died Thursday in Montreal after a yearlong battle with cancer, according to his publicist.

    Born and raised on a Mi’gmaq reservation in Quebec, Canada, Barnaby drew in his work on his own roots as well as his love of horror luminaries

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