The writer and director Richard Bell discusses his film Brotherhood, now available through video on demand, a true story of a 1926 tragedy involving a group of teenagers in a canoe accident in Ontario’s Balsam Lake, with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

The director Richard Bell joins me now. His critically acclaimed film Brotherhood is available through on video on demand. The film is a true story of a band of teenage boys who set across Balsam Lake in Ontario, in a war canoe that capsized during a deadly summer storm in 1926. The film stars Brendan Fehr and Brendan Fletcher, two camp leaders of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. The film’s cast includes Jake Manley, Sam Ashe Arnold, Matthew Isen, Gage Munroe, Dylan Everett, Spencer MacPherson, Evan Marsh, Haig McGarry, Mike Taylor, Daniel Gravelle, and Perry Mucci. Richard Bell is the writer and director of Eighteen, which also starred Brendan Fletcher. He is a graduate of Studio 58, and an alumnus of the TIFF Talent Lab, the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters’ Screenwriting Lab, and the CFC’s Writers’ Workshop at the Whistler Film Festival. He also recently co-produced Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet. Brotherhood is nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards, for Mr. Bell and Bramwell Tovey for Best Original Song, and for Achievement in Visual Effects. Visit www.brotherhood1926.com for more information on the film and a listing of the various ways one can buy and stream the movie here in Canada and the United States. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Richard Bell; Mr. Bell, good morning.

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