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Director

Director's Reel

Duck Duck Goose

Dawn, Her Dad
& The Tractor

Dawg
Short -  filmed in Halifax in 2014
with
T. Thomason, Richard Donat, Gordon White

A bittersweet story of friendship, grief, and moving on. An isolated young musician moving from a small-town to city life, must come to terms with love and loss.

Maritime Home Invasion  
A Short Music Doc about House Concerts
 
Filmed in Nova Scotia, 2013
With the participation of
 
Shelley Thompson (Director)
Peter Murphy (Camera, Editor)
Musicians:  Steven Fearing, Erin Costelo, T. Thomason, Ian Sherwood, Hupman Brothers, and more......

Pearls
Short -  filmed in Hillsvale and Musquodoboit,
Nova Scotia with Robb Wells, Jennie Raymond and
introducing Michelle Raine
 
A rural family grapples with grief as Miranda
realizes her son Don can only become the woman
she is by defying her father and leaving their farm,
in an outfit Miranda provides that includes a
much-loved heirloom.

Bats
Short - filmed in Toronto, May 2015
with
Karen Waddell and John Ralston.
​
A beautiful woman in middle years wakes beside a lover she doesn’t seem to know well. Outside the window, a winter branch shifts in the wind. She’s unfamiliar with the house. Seasons pass, disorientation grows, but love and sex remain, in the face of disease and…company.

ROAR
 

Reading Tour  Ontario,
January/February 2024

 

Looking forward to time in Ontario, starting at the
Ontario Library Association Super-Conference from the 24-27th of January.

Events and special guests.

Jan 26th    OLA - Ideas Hub. 
12.30 PM  AMPLIFYING A MARGINALIZED VOICE 
1 PM           Signing Roar at the NImbus Booth - #531/533 

Jan 30th    BOOKSHELF Bookstore, GUELPH/ON)
5 PM            Reading from her debut novel, Shelley will also be in conversation                               with Aimee Copping











Feb 1st          QUEEN BOOKS 914 Queen Street E, TORONTO/ON          
6 - 8 PM.        Reading and in conversation with Ronnie Ali 

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Aimee Copping is a dual OGS laureate, and a performer recording as Transstar on the independent Park Music. She's a music educator for at-risk children and leads SongLine, a songwriting mentorship program for trans youth. She's collaborated with  Girls’ Rock Camp GuelphPros and Cons and Silence Sounds while holding board and committee seats with ARCH Guelph and the Upper Grand District School Board.  In 2021, Aimee Copping wrote and produced Synths Always, a four-part audio documentary on the history of electronic music.

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Ronnie (she/her) is a Registered Psychotherapist, Diversity and Wellness Consultant in the arts and entertainment production, a Trauma-Informed Practice Specialist with Challenge Accepted and part of a team of Clinical Supervisors at the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy. Ronnie's work focuses on ending cycles of violence by addressing the roots of oppression and discrimination through research, psychoeducation, social programming, mindfulness training, and consultation services. Ronnie identifies as a trans woman of colour and an immigrant settler on Turtle Island. 

       
Feb 4th         GLAD DAY Bookstore, TORONTO/ON   499 Church Street
6 - 7.30 PM  Reading and in conversation with Ronnie Ali 

Feb 6th          OCTOPUS BOOKS,  116 Third Avenue at Bank St.   OTTAWA/ON
7 -  8  PM       Reading and in conversation w TBC

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