Coming Home For the Children
Mini-documentary visualization (2022) and feature documentary (2023).
The story:
Coming Home For the Children is a short documentary profiling a seven-term former First Nations Chief, Wayne Christian, and hosted by adult-adoptee and foster care survivor, Charlene SanJenko.
Filmed in the scenic valley of the Splatsin Nation, the southernmost tribe of the Secwepemc Nation in the interior of British Columbia, the film travels back and forth between two parallels: the reclaiming of the meaning of “home” for both Charlene and Chief Wayne as they meet for the first time in the Splatsin Nation; and the responsibility - as adults and parents - to intergenerational healing for the children.
This project comes from Charlene SanJenko’s own media team, reGEN media; the film was made in co-creation with junior producer & audio lead Willow Smith, and cinematographer & editor Madeline Archibald. The team released a mini-documentary visualizer in September of 2022, and completed a full 45-minute documentary in October of 2023. The finished documentary is available for screening inquiries only at this time.
The specs:
Timeline:
May 2022 - September 2023, three productions shoots total.
Deliverables:
One ten-minute mini-documentary; one forty-five minute feature documentary; various marketing and promotional clips and trailers
Credited roles:
Co-director; cinematographer; editor
You can learn more about the film and its accompanying media pieces by visiting reGEN’s website.
To inquire about hosting a screening of the film, please contact reGEN media here.