Read all about Brandy Yanchyk's new documentary Attachments of Life in the Edmonton Journal today! There's a full page story all about it. Click here to read the article online.

#AttachmentsofLife is coming online on CBC GEM tomorrow and on #CBC TV at 7pm on October 31st in Alberta and BC.

Thank you Leduc County for organizing the online screening of filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk’s documentary Breaking Loneliness on October 15th, 2020. It was so wonderful to connect virtually with people from rural Leduc County, New Sarepta, Calmar, Thorsby and Warburg in Alberta. Thank you Drive Happiness for participating.

“Can Our Belongings Dictate Our Lives?”

Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk had a chat with Russell Bowers of Daybreak Alberta about her new documentary Attachments of Life. Have a listen.

You can watch the new documentary on CBC GEM on October 30th and on CBC TV at 7pm on October 31st in Alberta and BC. #AttachmentsOfLife

“A new documentary airs starting October 30 on CBC and it's about how our belongings can alter our life and the decisions we make. It's called "Attachments of Life" and in it, you'll meet Howard, who collects Rolls Royces, Peggy who's a hoarder, Lesa who lost everything in a house fire and flood, as well as Marni & Kevin, who sold off everything to live in a tiny house. Edmonton film-maker, Brandy Yanchyk, found these 4 Alberta stories and collected them into this new film that debuts on the CBC Gem. The director spoke with Russell from her home.” - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-95-daybreak-alberta/clip/15804920-can-our-belongings-dictate-our-lives

On September 30th it is Orange Shirt Day and we honour the Indigenous children who were sent away to residential schools in Canada and learn more about the history of those schools.
In September 2020, Brandy Yanchyk was asked to film two survivors who spoke about their experiences in the documentary “Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education” created for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
Brandy filmed survivors Phil Fontaine in Calgary and Chief Wilton Littlechild in Maskwacis.
To learn more about the full broadcast of this program please visit this link: https://education.nctr.ca
You can also watch the two videos online here anytime:
Every Child Matters: Truth - Act One
https://youtu.be/SFTHHtRy8Do
Every Child Matters: Reconciliation - Act Two
https://youtu.be/kbbb5-Xp1Ys

Brandy Yanchyk's films are now on ProQuest's Academic Video Online.

Join Brandy Yanchyk on September 30th, 2020 at 1pm EDT as she discusses her experiences being a documentary filmmaker.

Brandy’s documentaries and travel series will now be available to subscribers of ProQuest's Academic Video Online. Click here to see her titles.
“Science, Indigenous peoples, gender, and mental health–Join Brandy Yanchyk, award-winning documentarian and one of our newest film providers in Academic Video Online, as she discusses her videos in these genres and more at our Sept 30 online event.”

“Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers ~ 68,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.

More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street, all with a predictable annual cost.

Academic Video Online includes a variety of video material available with curricular relevance: documentaries, interviews, feature films, performances, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and raw footage. Patrons will find thousands of award-winning films, including Academy®, Emmy®, and Peabody® winners. Academic institutions will find the most frequently used films for classroom instruction, plus newly released films and previously unavailable archival material.” - https://proquest.libguides.com/academicvideoonline

What a sweet surprise! A #WCVE PBS station viewer from Midlothian, Virginia who saw Brandy Yanchyk’s travel series Seeing Canada loved the episodes so much he painted a painting of Brandy and mailed it to her in Canada. Since Brandy’s travel shows and documentaries have been airing on PBS stations she has receive emails from viewers weekly. She loves getting feedback. It's so much fun.

Thank you Christopher Drummond from Midlothian, Virginia for sending Brandy this beautiful gift. It definitely encompasses her spirit of adventure.

In an earlier email Christopher tells Brandy why he likes the travel series #SeeingCanada, "My favorites are you on horseback at Plain of Six Glaciers Trail in Lake Louise, and you "roughing it" in freezing Nimmo Bay in British Columbia's Great Bear Rain Forest, and of course your aircraft ride over the famous Niagara Falls…Your show is all about your guests, and you really make them the stars of the show. It's like you are visiting with them, and you don't show off like most celebrities do. You are not afraid of bitter cold, camping in the elements, or strenuous labor (mending a fence, fishing on a commercial boat, kayaking, horseback riding long distances); you're not the typical I'm a tourist show me around host of a travel show, and I watch them all. You also cater to the culinary and visual arts. I liked the guy who carves animals on one of the episodes. Plus, you are so adorable and charming in your " roughing it" winter apparel which is why I want to paint you."

Brandy Yanchyk’s new documentary "Attachments of Life" will air on CBC’s GEM on October 30th, 2020. Then it will air on CBC TV in Alberta and BC on October 31st, 2020 at 7pm.

Attachments to Life is a documentary about how our belongings alter our lives. The film follows a senior with hoarding disorder, a collector of classic cars, minimalists living in a tiny house and a woman who has lost her possessions.