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Thompson Bonnie
Since joining the NFB in 1987, Bonnie Thompson has served in a number of capacities, both in marketing and training, and is active in supporting Alberta women artists and filmmakers.
Based in Edmonton, she recently produced Through these Eyes, about a fiery debate between academic and conservative forces over controversial school program, and The Enemy Within, a look at German POWs that premiered on History Television. Many of Bonnie's productions focus on Aboriginal issues, including Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole, named Best Documentary at the imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival, and Honour of the Crown.
Bonnie's credits also include Unsuitable Actions, an award-winning look at sexual harassment in schools, as well as Worst Case Scenario, about a community's opposition to a sour gas well, broadcast on CBC's Nature of Things. She is currently in production on the high-definition War Hospital, focusing on the world's largest field hospital handling wounded from war-torn Sudan.
