The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies welcomes Visiting Scholar, Leigh Badgley, to share her work and expertise with faculty, students and the public.
- Who: Visiting Scholar Leigh Badgley
- What: Leigh Badgley presents the compelling documentary: The Dolphin Dealer
- When: Wednesday, February 18, 3:30 pm
- Where: University Theatre (9ADM 026)
- Admission: Free and open to the public
Leigh Badgley
Leigh is a born storyteller. Her greatest gift is the ability to engage people’s imaginations and inspire them to take a stand in their lives. The stories Leigh tells, through film, new media and print, empower audiences to re-commit to that place inside of them that knows that anything is possible and hope is the way to a better world.
Leigh has created a library of important, inspiring documentaries, including Greenpeace: Making a Stand (Global Television, 2006), winner of the Leo Award for Best Documentary and the Special Jury Award at the Explorers Club Film Festival in New York. This film helped preserve the forest homeland of Argentina’s Wichi indigenous people and was showcased at the World Peace Forum in Vancouver. The Dolphin Dealer (CBC, 2008) featured Ric O’Barry, star of the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove, and exposed a controversial dolphin capture program in the Solomon Islands.
Other culture-oriented films include True Prince: Vladimir Malakhov, a one-hour performing arts piece for CBC and A&E, which won several prestigious awards including best arts documentary at the Hot Docs Festival, and How the Fiddle Flows, a one-hour special on Métis music and dance for Bravo! and the National Film Board of Canada.
Other producing credits include: the CBC television specials CannaBiz and ShockWave, Shimmy, a 26-episode belly dance series for Discovery, and Namaste, a 26-epiode series on hatha yoga for ONE, Body, Mind, Spirit, Love.
Leigh has a keen interest in combining traditional television and documentary programming with fresh digital components. Her first transmedia project for the hit television series Ice Pilots NWT was nominated for a Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival.
Leigh is a part-time faculty member in the media department at Maharishi University of Management and at Alexander College in Vancouver. She is a frequent public speaker around environmental causes. Leigh is on the steering committee of Global Reef, an organization dedicated to producing media about ocean conservation, and is passionate about working towards a sustainable future for humanity.
This lecture is part of the FCCS Eco Cultures Research Series, which connects UBC Okanagan researchers with colleagues and students engaged in diverse explorations of today’s most timely forms of artistic and critical innovation.