Survivors Rowe

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Survivors Rowe
Directed byDaniel Roher
Produced by Peter O'Brian
Production
company
Loud Roar Productions
Release date
  • April 26, 2015 (2015-04-26)(Hot Docs)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Survivors Rowe is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Daniel Roher and released in 2015. [1] The film profiles three of the victims of Ralph Rowe, a former Anglican Church of Canada priest who was convicted in 2012 of sexual abuse against First Nations boys from the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in Northern Ontario. [2]

The film premiered on April 26, 2015, at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [3] It was subsequently broadcast on TVOntario in 2016, and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Documentary Program at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards. [4]

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References

  1. "From despair to redemption: The remarkable survivors". CBC Indigenous, March 2, 2015.
  2. Porter, Jody (May 11, 2015). "Survivors of ex-priest pedophile say he deserves more prison time". CBC News . Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  3. "Survivors Rowe premieres at Hot Docs". CBC News Thunder Bay, April 22, 2015.
  4. "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed". Global News, January 17, 2017.