Brotherhood (2019 film)

Brotherhood is a 2019 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Richard Bell.[1] Set in the 1920s, the film recounts the true story of a group of youth at a summer camp on Balsam Lake in the Kawartha Lakes, who had to fight for survival when an unforeseen thunderstorm overwhelmed their canoe trip.[2]

Brotherhood
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Bell
Produced byMehernaz Lentin
Anand Ramayya
Written byRichard Bell
StarringBrendan Fehr
Brendan Fletcher
Jake Manley
Dylan Everett
Music byWilliam Rowson
CinematographyAdam Swica
Edited bySarah Peddie
Production
company
Industry Pictures
Karma Film
Distributed bylevelFILM
Release date
  • July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film's cast includes Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Jake Manley, Gage Munroe and Dylan Everett.

Principal photography on the film started in September 2017 in Michipicoten.[3]

The film received a private theatrical screening for residents of the Balsam Lake community in July 2019, which was also attended by provincial lieutenant governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell.[4] It began screening on the Canadian film festival circuit in the fall, including at the Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.[5]

Bell and Bramwell Tovey received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for the song "I've Got a Big One".

References
  1. "Film recounts loss of 11 lives in Ontario summer storm". Toronto Sun, July 15, 2019.
  2. Etan Vlessing (September 29, 2017). "'Revenant' Actor Brendan Fletcher, Brendan Fehr Join Indie 'Brotherhood'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  3. "Cameras roll on Brotherhood". Playback, September 9, 2017.
  4. Pamela Vanmeer, "Hollywood comes to Balsam Lake for private screening of movie depicting true story of 11 boys who drowned there 93 years ago". Kawartha 411, July 14, 2019.
  5. "Cinéfest 2019 sneak peek includes star-packed Vietnam war film and doc about victims of local pedophile priest". Northern Life, July 18, 2019.


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