Dreaming and Doing

Wendy Ord and Glen Samuel of Mountain Lake Films in Kelowna welcome you to our new blog.

We've just wrapped filming of "HEIR TO IT ALL" previously called "TORA", our epic short film that began as a dream a year ago when we moved onto a property in central BC. We were told that the falling down buildings on the property were once a Japanese Internment Camp during WWII. Altho' this turned out not to be true, our research and the story began. Canada interned more than 22,000 men, women and children of Japanese descent, (3/4 of them Canadian citizens) just because they looked like the enemy. It was a part of our history that we knew little about and a story we had to tell. We spent 6 months writing a dramatic screenplay. When David Suzuki signed on to play one our leads (in his first acting role ever), the film took off. We began shooting our winter dream sequences in February of this year and wrapped our spring segment of the shoot less than two weeks ago.

With almost $200,000 of donated talent, crew and equipment (including the latest 2-perf 35mm film system from Clairmont Camera, Kodak Canada and Digital Film Central), we have a stunning wide screen cinemascope film in the can! Thanks to all who volunteered their time and talent - we are humbled and proud of your contributions to our dream.

JUST DO IT!