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"A member of the Samson Cree First Nation [in Alberta], [Georgina] Lightning moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to study filmmaking with Robert Redford at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She returned to Edmonton in 2012, two years after making the film [Older than America] and winning an emerging artist award at the White House Project's annual EPIC Awards. She was honoured to have it shown in advance of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission."
-- Marty Klinkenberg


Source:
Klinkenberg, Marty. "Filmmaker exposes 'a hidden truth'." Edmonton Journal, May 18, 2014.