Chehala Leonard
Chehala Leonard is a producer with the NFB’s Western Documentary Unit, based in Edmonton. A member of the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation, she founded ᐊᐢᑭᕀ Askîy Media Inc. She produced the pilot When Spirit Comes Through and the documentary Living a Legacy, both for APTN. Since joining the NFB, she produced Barry Bilinsky’s short film Tomson Highway: kipimâtisinaw tapâhpeyahk for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, and co-produced Weiye Su’s A Passage Beyond Fortune and Alexis Normand’s French Enough.