Posted: June 25, 2025

The Making of Humans

About the film

The relentless pursuit of self reliance and self improvement is rooted in our lost connection to common stories, homeland and ancestors that bind and unite us. The times now demand that we recognize the world’s suffering in our own.

Watch The Making of Humans
Short Film
,
6m

Cinematography, direction, and editing: Ian MacKenzie
Sound design and mix: Jeremy Therrien
Music by: Pasquale Riviezzo
Includes the song: Hollow City from Late Winter Tales by Halo
Label: Dewtone Recordings

 

Watch The Making of Humans

More from the Film Collection

Murmurings of the Land

Short Film
,
27m

Murmurings of the Land is a portrait of the people, animals and other beings of the Orphan Wisdom farm. Narrated by Jenkinson, this film is part poem, part instruction, and asks the question: “What’s worth doing, given the troubles of our times?”.

The director of...

Released in 2025
Visit Film

Homecoming

Series
,
10 Episodes: 1-2h Each

This three day teaching is part wonder, part battle cry and part strategy for the beginnings of a deeply wrought human life which makes peace with the ravaged world, finds a home along the old abandoned road, and honours the grief soaked longing for those...

Released in 2013
Visit Film

Still

Short Film
,
6m

This piece of poetry was written by Stephen Jenkinson and recorded and arranged by Gregory Hoskins for the Campfire Stories film The Art of Slowing Down Time.

Released in 2022
Visit Film

The Meaning of Death

Short Film
,
6m

Many among us now are crazy for meanings, and crazed by seeking them out. The meanings of life aren’t inherited. What is inherited is the mandate to make meanings of life by how we live. The endings of life give life’s meanings a chance to...

Released in 2013
Visit Film