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Biography. A native of Canada, Leonard Yakir studied film and photography at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. His work has been shown at numerous galleries including the prestigious Art Gallery of Ontario and is in the permanent collection of the National Film Board of Canada.
A film about #MMIWG, 1200+ is a documentary featuring Indigenous Leader Sheila North, Directed by Leonard Yakir and Co-produced by Sheila North and Leonard Yakir. Former Grand Chief Sheila North was gifted a diary kept by the foster parents of 17-year-old MMIWG2S+ victim Cherisse Houle.
Leonard Yakir is known for The Mourning Suit (1975), Out of the Blue (1980) and 1200+ (2015).
Out of the Blue (released in Canada as No Looking Back) [1] is a 1980 drama film directed by Dennis Hopper, and starring Linda Manz, Hopper, Sharon Farrell, Don Gordon, and Raymond Burr. The film was produced by Leonard Yakir and written by him and Brenda Nielson.
1200+ Dir: Directed by Leonard Yakir. Former Grand Chief Sheila North investigates the unsolved murder of one of the 1200 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada.
Leonard Yakir lives and works in Park Slope, Brooklyn. A native of Canada, Leonard studied film and photography at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto. His work has been shown at numerous galleries including the prestigious Art Gallery of Ontario and is in the permanent collection of the National Film Board of Canada.
1200+: Directed by Leonard Yakir. With Sheila North Wilson. 15 year old Tina Fontaine's body has washed ashore on the banks of the Red River in Winnipeg, Canada. Alarming numbers of aboriginal girls and young women have disappeared.
