Velcrow Ripper

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Velcrow Ripper is an award-winning filmmaker with dozens of films and videos under his belt, including  Scared Sacred, winner of the 2005 Genie (Canadian Academy Award) for best feature documentary, and Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Bones of the Forest, his 1995 environmental medittion, won nine major film awards, including a Genie and best of the festival at Hot Docs. Ripper's latest film is Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action. This award winning feature doc's message of hope and change is delivered via magnificent visuals.  He is currently shooting Occupy Love, a feature documentary which chronicles the heart of the Occupy movement, and beyond.