The film was screened at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) during the art show Crip-Strength in Winnipeg, Manitoba fall of 2022 and the Canary Knowledge: Chronic Fatigue, Chemical Sensitivities and the Limits of Medicine– Oral Histories of Environmental Illness (OHEI) Symposium at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fall of 2023. The short film features stories from people living with Environmental Sensitivities/Environmental Illness including multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) and mold illness Marie met along her journey. https://youtu.be/xlmDrJYswxA. (8 mins)
Awards, nomination and honourable mention for the short film include:
Golden Eyes – Mojo International Film Award (Partner) Official Selection (2024)
BRIFF – Bistrita Romania International Film Festival Nominated (2023)
AIMAFF – Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival Honorable mention (2023)
Mojo International Film awards (MIFA) – Selected to be included in the film festival (2023)
Lift-Off Global Network Sessions – Official Selection (2023)
Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Recognition: Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising (2022)
Impact DOCS Awards Documentary Short Award of Recognition: Contemporary Issues / Awareness Raising (2022)
Royal Wolf Film Awards Best Documentary Short – Platinum Award (2021)
WHO says we need fresh air?! Endangered Humans Environmental IllnessesHave No Borders Environmental Illness known as Environmental Sensitivities (ES) in Canada is the name given to a group of medical conditions including Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Mold Illness, and Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS). A video projection based presentation, “WHO says we need fresh air?!” encompasses quotes and images from people around the world who suffer from Environmental Sensitivities/Environmental Illness. Many thanks to Bruce Hughes for the use of his song “End of Nowhere”: Music Written by Bruce Hughes & Al Morris. (1994 SOCAN). Narration by Manfred Wadien. Editing done by Paul D. Turgeon.
Unity In Isolation – Marie LeBlanc
Unity In Isolation, an art project featuring photography by Marie LeBlanc, explores the importance of unity and solidarity when dealing with illnesses, disabilities and healing. Audio and editing by Paul D. Turgeon.
The End of The End of Time
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The End of The End of Time This video concludes Marie LeBlanc’s May 2022 presentation of The End of The End of Time to mark Environmental Sensitivities Awareness Month with the hope that we will heed our responsibility to end the era of human-driven devastation upon the earth, thereby giving our planet an opportunity to heal.
Marie LeBlanc focuses on ecosystem fragility and the control that people have NOW in determining the future health of our planet. Human behaviour affects not only people, but land, water, air, and all living creatures. With ever-increasing global contamination and loss of pristine natural worlds, we will continue to get sicker and sicker. Our world is changing fast.
Today, we are witnessing the initial dire consequences of climate change: fire and flood events on a scale previously unknown. Evident throughout her work is Marie’s hope that we can forge and maintain a long-term ecological equilibrium with the world around us.
LeBlanc’s approach to photography – creating thought-provoking images to raise awareness– is a central element of her practice.
The End of The End of Time begins with images of health, sustenance, tranquility, and balance.
The viewer is then confronted with depictions of ecological injury and peril; Marie’s technique of layering translucent imagery provides an ethereal sense of foreboding and complexity. Edited by Paul D. Turgeon.
In support of Petition e-2729, August 2020
This video was created to support Petition e-2729 which is now closed. This will help those with Environmental Sensitivities to be better able to receive disability and obtain housing, transportation, food and other vital necessities. Editing done by Paul D. Turgeon.
Environmental Illness/Sensitivities and the 2019 Canadian Elections
Environmental Illness/Sensitivities and the 2019 Canadian Elections A video from Marie LeBlanc to spread awareness concerning the hardship of getting to the polls and the struggles of everyday life for those suffering with Environmental Illnesses (EI), (also known as Environmental Sensitivities (ES) in Canada). Environmental Illnesses is the name given to a group of medical conditions including Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) and includes Mold Illness. Editing done by Paul D. Turgeon.
