As Canadians unite to celebrate Canadian cinema, special events are planned to commemorate the life and impact of Six Nations actor Graham Greene.
Greene, a member of the Oneida tribe from Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, passed away at 73 last autumn.
April 15 marks National Canadian Film Day, a CBC co-sponsored nationwide event honoring Canadian cinema with film screenings held in various communities.
As part of the upcoming events, film screenings will pay tribute to Greene’s contributions, including a presentation of his 1991 film Clearcut at The Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario.
The screening is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on April 15 and will be attended by Greene’s family and Six Nations community members. The event will also feature the screening of the documentary Graham Greene: I’m Just Me by Tara Johns.
Screenings of Clearcut and Greene’s acclaimed film Seeds are also planned in Toronto, Ottawa, and Halifax.
Throughout his nearly five-decade career, Greene took on numerous roles in movies and television, earning accolades for his performances.
He was a recipient of the Order of Canada and received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Dances with Wolves. Greene was honored with the Earle Grey lifetime achievement award for television acting (Canadian Screen Award) in 2004 and later received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 2025 for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
