About

Bringing Your Story to Life

StrongFront.tv provides high quality video production services. We specialize in narratives that reflect the layers of Indigenous knowledge embedded within our unique communities. Your vision and our creative and technical expertise are the foundation of a synergistic relationship, ensuring modern and ancient voices are carried into the future.

Rooted in 20+ years of industry experience, we hold a diverse collection that explores local languages, land based knowledge, cultural histories, and community profiles. We've led oral histories projects and produced culturally relevant health and education resources, all of which contribute to the documentation and preservation of Indigenous perspectives and worldviews.

At StrongFront.tv, we are shaping the future by preserving our Indigenous knowledge, reclaiming our heritage and traditions, and sharing our resources with the community!!!

Jesse Green | Producer, Director, Cinematographer & Editor

Jesse Green is a Dakota/Anishinaabe film maker who is committed to carrying Indigenous voices into the future. He is an accomplished producer and director who has achieved industry respect, recognition, and awards.

Though Winnipeg has always been home, Jesse's family roots are in Sioux Valley, Manitoba and he is an off-reserve member of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation. He is proud to be part of the team who produced the award-winning documentary, Urban Eclipse: Rising Tides of Kekekoziibii (Shoal Lake #40 First Nation).

Jesse established StrongFront.tv in 1999. He holds over 20 years of experience in film and media and privilege meets purpose in every production. Telling personal, community, and organizational narratives is his speciality, and he is passionate about exploring unique layers and angles in every story.

Jesse was an instructor at the Adam Beach Film Institute in Winnipeg where working with youth allowed him to share his talents with the forthcoming generation of storytellers. He is also a musician and was music director and lead guitarist for legendary Buffy Sainte-Marie from 2009 - 2016. His Indigenous rock band Bruthers of Different Muthers was nominated for a Juno award in 2012.

Jesse has produced multi-million-dollar television series from Los Angeles to Toronto, but the best productions of all time are his children, Liam, Mila, and Gina Ellyce.

Vanda Fleury | Director, Writer / Researcher & Archival Producer

Vanda Fleury is a Métis film and photo voice artist, writer, and entrepreneur. She weaves storywork with memories, diverse experiences, cultural knowledge, and documentary heritage.

Vanda is a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation and a descendant of the Red River Métis. She grew up on the west-central prairies where rural experiences cultivated a connection to land-based narratives that resulted in numerous road trips.

Vanda moved to Winnipeg in 2008 and set out with the aim to empower Indigenous people through object and record literacy. An evolving commitment, she founded the non-profit organization, Mamawi Apikatetan and leads cultural and video heritage projects. Oral histories also inspired her career in video production, and she joined StrongFront.tv in 2014 where she is a Director, Writer / Researcher and Archival Producer.

The lens of resiliency centres Vanda's work. Her independent short, In Good Hands is an expression of birth sovereignty that screened at the 23rd imagineNATIVE Film + Media arts festival and at the 30th Arizona International Film Festival. Punctuated by intimate experiences of motherhood, she traces storylines to identity, kinship and birthwork. Vanda's photographs of Birtle Residential School have appeared in Locale: Bringing Heritage to Life, the magazine of the National Trust for Canada.

Vanda's children and the narratives of her ancestors are enduring sources of creative motivation.

Follow her projects at www.vandafleury.com.