The Films
Documenting the return.
My work as a facilitator is to help individuals clear their internal noise. My work as a filmmaker is to document communities doing the exact same thing.
Feature Documentary — In Production
Healing the Interior
Healing the Land. Healing the Community.
When the weight of inherited trauma becomes too heavy for words, a community must turn to a deeper frequency. Healing the Interior follows a transformative gathering where Indigenous drumming merges with symphonic performance. It is a lived example of a community using rhythm and melody to process deep wounds — and build a future where reconciliation is not a policy, but a felt, undeniable reality.
Currently in the final stages of post-production. Ready for screening mid-2026.
Request a Community ScreenerEchoes from the Community
“A raw conveyance of indigenous culture and real history of survivors… It was also a tribute to Rod “Littlesky” and the people who were sharing his mission. Absolutely amazing film.”
— Brody Henry
“Showed the true nature of this community… a true inspiration of music and traditions.”
— Gord 'Manyclouds' Cuthbert
“I believe the whole world needs to see the film.”
— SpottedHorse Fenton
“A must see — it illustrates the hard truth of what it is and has been to be Indigenous with grace, illustrating our strength and resilience.”
— Barbara Joan Whiskeyjack
The Collective
Ryan Deneault
Executive Producer
Founder of Healing Between Worlds, anchoring the film in over thirty years of lived experience and communal healing.
Benjamin Webster
Director & Producer
Director, Musician, Facilitator. Holding space for stories of our return to Mother Earth.
Tam Duong
DoP & Editor
Approaching the lens as a personal inquiry into justice and reimagining Canadian identity through lived experience.
Short Documentary
Love Back to Country.
The solo genesis.
Before the collective undertaking, there was a personal reckoning. Love Back to Country follows my own story of reconnecting to ancestral land to heal a painful wound. The film that laid my personal foundation — and the one that made everything else possible.
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Filmmaking is one part of the mission.
The return to Mother Earth through authentic creative expression — that is the thread running through every film, every song, every room. If this work resonates, Sanctuary Supporters get early access to new material, behind-the-scenes dispatches from active projects, and the knowledge that they are directly fuelling independent, unseen creative work.