The project was widely adopted by many Canadian schools as a teaching tool in indigenous history lessons on the residential school system, and led to the creation of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund to support efforts in indigenous reconciliation. The Secret Path was broadcast by CBC in an hour-long television special on October 23, 2016. The film was produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund and the Canadian Film or Video Production tax credit. It was executive produced by Gord Downie, along with Mike Downie, Patrick Downie, and Sarah Polley. It is divided into ten chapters, according to the ten songs from Downie's album. The animated film, also titled The Secret Path, adapts Downie's album and Lemire's graphic novel. Īs with the album itself, all proceeds from the book are being donated to the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. It was released on October 18, 2016, concurrently with the album. The graphic novel, also titled Secret Path, was written by Gord Downie, illustrated by Jeff Lemire, and published by Simon & Schuster. The special aired on October 22, 2017, on CBC Television, following Downie's death earlier that week. The concert, Downie's last live performance, was filmed for an hour-long special, Gord Downie's Secret Path in Concert, which also featured backstage footage and scenes from the animated film. Mastered by Eric Boulanger, The Bakery, Culver City, California, USA ĭownie performed the album in a concert at Roy Thomson Hall on October 21, 2016, attended by members of the Wenjack family.Produced and Mixed by Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin.All other instrumentation by Kevin Drew and Dave Hamelin.Ohad Benchetrit – Lap Steel & Additional Guitar.Vocals, Acoustic and Electric Guitars by Gord Downie."Haunt Them, Haunt Them, Haunt Them" (Downie, Drew) "Don't Let This Touch You" (Downie, Drew)
The project was further followed in 2018 by Finding the Secret Path, a documentary film by Downie's brother Mike Downie about the creation of the original project. The concert was aired by CBC Television in October 2017 following Downie's death.
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ĭownie performed the album in a concert at Roy Thomson Hall on October 21, 2016, which was his last full concert performance in his lifetime and was attended by members of the Wenjack family. All proceeds from the album and book are being donated to the University of Manitoba's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The album was accompanied by a graphic novel of the same name, written by Downie, illustrated by Jeff Lemire, and published by Simon & Schuster as well as an animated television film aired on CBC Television on October 23, 2016. The album Secret Path was the fifth studio album by Gord Downie and the final album released during his lifetime. Released on October 18, 2016, the centrepiece of the project is a concept album about Chanie Wenjack, a young Anishinaabe boy from the Marten Falls First Nation who died in 1966 while trying to return home after escaping from an Indian residential school. Secret Path is a Canadian multimedia storytelling project including a ten-song music album and tour, a graphic novel, an animated television film, and instructional materials. The Bathouse Recording Studio, Bath, ON, Canada,
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