To Return: The John Walkus Story

  • Best Public Service Film – American Indian Film Festival 2000

This powerful one-hour documentary witnesses and celebrates young Kwakwaka’wakw artist John Walkus Green as he carves his way home to the village he was forcefully adopted out of as a child. This story is also an investigation into the adoption policies of the BC government which had tragic consequences for the children it was meant to protect.

Co-Producer / Writer / Director – Maureen Kelleher

Aired on CTV, Vision, APTN. Screened at numerous festivals including Taos Talking Pictures, The Santa Fe International Film Festival, Native American Film and Video Festival, Ishwere Festival: The Feminine in Indigenous Film and Video, and Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival.