Name: We’re Still Here: The Mourning Suit
Start: 2025-09-26T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Dave Barber Cinematheque

$We\u2019re Still Here: The Mourning Suit$

Dir. Leonard Yakir
1:30:00 | Narrative / Fiction | Colour | March 1976
Techniques: 35mm, 16mm
Herschel, a young Jewish cellist, returns to his hometown searching to reconnect. He rents loft space in a warehouse where Kramer, an old tailor, lives out his fantasies of a once thriving garment factory. Kramer tailors Herschel a suit; symbolically fashioning him into the son he has banished.
Join us for a post-screening Q&A with Leonard Yakir, moderated by Stuart Hands, Director of Programming for the Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Leonard Yakir was born in Germany and grew up in Winnipeg’s North End. He attended the Universities of Manitoba, Winnipeg, and Ryerson. Yakir produced and directed first Winnipeg-based feature film, The Mourning Suit; screened at Locarno and Chicago International festivals, and has had national television and theatrical releases. He has been the creative force behind socially-motivated films such as Mainstreet Soldier (Etrog nominee), Out Of The Blue (Cannes Film Festival); and The Ring of 1000 Souls and Sound. His film 1200+ premiered on UN 62 SESSION, at the North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival, and was released nationally on CTV and PBS.