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Mi'kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, considered a visionary of modern Indigenous cinema, has died.

Within an Indigenous filmmaking community that's still growing into its newfound power, Mi'kmaq director Jeff Barnaby is already being called a visionary whose influence has yet to be fully understood in Canada or elsewhere. For those who knew him best, his work was raw, unflinching and honest in a way few other filmmakers dared to be. When he died Thursday in Montreal at 46 after a yearlong battle with cancer, many pointed to a void that would be impossible to fill.

Within an Indigenous filmmaking community that's still growing into its newfound power, Mi'kmaq director Jeff Barnaby is already being called a visionary whose influence has yet to be fully understood in Canada or elsewhere.

Mi'kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, considered a visionary of modern Indigenous cinema, has died.

Mi'kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby, regarded by many as a visionary of modern Indigenous cinema with projects that included magic realism, horror and sharp social critique, has died.