Bio

After years of refining her craft from childhood through adolescence and professional studies, Janelle's big break came in 2008, when the independent documentary she produced with her brother and creative partner, Jérémie, Mémére Métisse premiered on opening night of the imagineNATIVE Film Festival in Toronto and aired on CBC, Radio-Canada and APTN. Along with her brother, Janelle has since produced and directed short docs for CBC’s ’8th Fire’, a Canadian Screen Award-nominated cross-platform project. After years of experience in the Radio-Canada Manitoba TV newsroom, the Wookeys launched Wookey Films Inc which is a production company specializing in documentary and non-fiction television programming. WF also provides creative and execution on promotional and commercial video work for TV and web.

Works

A Right to Eat

  • 2015
  • Janelle Wookey, Jérémie Wookey

A deeply intimate look at the frightening realities of food insecurity in First Nations communities.

A Right to Eat

Mémére Métisse

  • 2008
  • Janelle Wookey

For over sixty years, loving grandmother Cecile St. Amant has been keeping a deep secret - she is Métis.

Mémére Métisse