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Georgina Lightning is from Hobbema Cree First Nation in Alberta, Canada. She has achieved several aspects of filmmaking from an acclaimed actor and producer but now has strived to be an award winning director as well.
Georgina Lightning made her directorial debut with “Older Than America”. It’s a film about Indian boarding school systems, healing from the schools and what it did to them. Georgina has a long track record of creative experience and has worked on projects such as: Dreamkeepers, Backroads, Christmas In The Clouds and countless others. Georgina has guest starred in T.V. episodes of Walker Texas Ranger and the West Wing.

When asked what advice she would give aspiring writers and filmmakers, Georgina replies, “There is no limit! You can accomplish anything you want to. Just be true artists and know that you own that right to be one. I have a Sundance ceremony in my film that people are upset about because it’s going to be controversial but I don’t think it is because I am Native American. I’m a Cree girl and we have Sundances on our Rez.  It’s about healing from boarding schools and what it did to us, thinking outside of the box and moving forward and progressing. I am an artist and I’m painting a picture without a brush or canvas. I am using film.”

The movie “Older Than America” is being presented on July 24th, 2009 at the North Bay Capitol Centre. Special guest appearance by Georgina Lightning with opening remarks before the movie and with a VIP meet and greet after the show. General admission tickets are $10.00 for the show. For VIP tickets, please contact, the movie presenter, Bradly Dreamwalker MacDonald at 705-724-1211.

Older Than America is about a woman’s haunting visions revealing a Catholic priest’s sinister plot to silence her mother from speaking the truth about the atrocities that occurred at a First Nations boarding school. It is a contemporary drama of suspense and focuses on the lasting impact of the cultural genocide that occurred at such schools throughout the USA and Canada.

Georgina Lightnings Older Than America Movie Trailer can be viewed at http://www.olderthanamerica.com

Victoria says…Check it out!