Production

Sally Bochner

Known for

Production

Credits

7 titles

Known for

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner poster
6.8

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002

The Company of Strangers poster
7.1

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script.

The Company of Strangers

1990

A Passage from Burnt Islands poster
9.0

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.

A Passage from Burnt Islands

1992

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein poster
6.9

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by Joyce Borenstein about her father, the Canadian painter Sam Borenstein. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In Canada, it was named best short documentary at the 12th Genie Awards.

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein

1992

Why Women Run poster
9.0

This documentary offers a glimpse into the 1997 federal election in the Halifax electoral district. Two strong female politicians, Liberal candidate Mary Clancy and NDP party leader Alexa McDonough, are caught in a tight competition in one of the most contested races in the country. Director Meredith Ralston follows the two women around the campaign trail for weeks, getting inside an election that was often described as “nasty.” Both larger than life and hungry to win, in quieter moments Clancy and McDonough reveal the strains and contradictions of their chosen careers. Why Women Run highlights the accomplishments of women in politics and the problems many women face participating in the political process.

Why Women Run

1999

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer poster
8.5

The life and times of George Johnston, photographer and keeper of memories for the Tlingit nation.

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer

1997

Behind the camera

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner poster
6.8

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002

The Company of Strangers poster
7.1

A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a mostly ad-libbed script.

The Company of Strangers

1990

A Passage from Burnt Islands poster
9.0

In his crusade for literacy, principal Ray Brown enlisted the help of the community and broke through the cycle of illiteracy in a small Newfoundland fishing village. He turned the struggling elementary school into a place where students were eager to learn and instilled in parents a sense of hope for their children's future.

A Passage from Burnt Islands

1992

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein poster
6.9

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by Joyce Borenstein about her father, the Canadian painter Sam Borenstein. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. In Canada, it was named best short documentary at the 12th Genie Awards.

The Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein

1992

Why Women Run poster
9.0

This documentary offers a glimpse into the 1997 federal election in the Halifax electoral district. Two strong female politicians, Liberal candidate Mary Clancy and NDP party leader Alexa McDonough, are caught in a tight competition in one of the most contested races in the country. Director Meredith Ralston follows the two women around the campaign trail for weeks, getting inside an election that was often described as “nasty.” Both larger than life and hungry to win, in quieter moments Clancy and McDonough reveal the strains and contradictions of their chosen careers. Why Women Run highlights the accomplishments of women in politics and the problems many women face participating in the political process.

Why Women Run

1999

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer poster
8.5

The life and times of George Johnston, photographer and keeper of memories for the Tlingit nation.

Picturing a People: George Johnston, Tlingit Photographer

1997

Train of Dreams poster
4.3

At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought. Then he comes home on a weekend pass only to find his younger brother following in his footsteps.

Train of Dreams

1987