Blue Roses:
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A story about a community whose members, like blue roses, symbolize accomplishing the impossible, fighting all odds and creating new beginnings.
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The Need for Palliative Care in Rooming Houses
Blue Roses is an inspiring documentary about front line workers who provide care to people in Ottawa's inner-city rooming house community who face issues of poverty, addiction and mental illness that often lead to premature death. Through this process they expand our conventional understanding of palliative (end-of-life) care and show how much of this care can be provided to the community by its own members.
Blue Roses is an inspiring documentary about front line workers who provide care to people in Ottawa's inner-city rooming house community who face issues of poverty, addiction and mental illness that often lead to premature death. Through this process they expand our conventional understanding of palliative (end-of-life) care and show how much of this care can be provided to the community by its own members.
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Festival & Community Screenings
- Reimagining Palliative Care: A Virtual Screening and Community Conversation about Changing How We Do Palliative Care in the Face of Poverty and Addiction, Portland, Oregon, March 25, 2021
- Heart House Hospice Community Screening, Mississauga ON, February 12, 2020
- First United Church Community Screening, Ottawa, ON, January 29, 2020
- Ottawa Public Library, Ottawa, ON, December 7, 2019
- Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference & Panel Discussion, Ottawa, ON, September 2019
- Regina International Film Festival & Awards, Regina, SK, August 14, 2019
- Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa, ON, June 2019
- St. Luke’s Anglican Church Community Screening, Ottawa, ON, December 2018
- One World Film Festival, Ottawa, ON, September 22, 2018
Media
Ottawa Citizen, December 5, 2019
"Blue Roses Documentary Shines Light on Ottawa Rooming Houses", Blair Crawford, Reporter
The OSCAR June 2019
"Readers should run to attend the screening of this powerful film", Tony Wohfarth, Film reviewer
LIVE 88.5FM Interview with Bob Jamison & Ed Kucerak - June 19, 2019
Andrew, Dave and Amal of Live 88.5FM's The Morning Start Up Program interview frontline community worker Bob Jamison and filmmaker Ed Kucerak about their documentary film "Blue Roses".
CKCU-FM 93.1 Interview with Joanna Binch and Danielle Rolfe - June 14, 2019
CKCU-FM 93.1's Chris White, host of Friday Special Blend talks with community out reach nurse Joanna Binch & filmmaker Danielle Rolfe about their documentary "Blue Roses".
CKCU FM 93.1 Interview with Ed Kucerak & Gerald Schmitz - September 22, 2018
CKCU FM 93.1's Monique Fuller speaks to Ottawa filmmaker Ed Kucerak and One World Film Festival Programmer Gerald Schmitz about the documentary "Blue Roses".
CBC FM 91.5 Interview with Danielle Rolfe and Bob Jamison - September 21, 2018
CBC Ottawa Morning's Hallie Cotnam interviews Ottawa filmmaker Danielle Rolfe and frontline community worker Bob Jamison about the "Blue Roses", "a gritty documentary about living & dying in rooming houses".
"Blue Roses Documentary Shines Light on Ottawa Rooming Houses", Blair Crawford, Reporter
The OSCAR June 2019
"Readers should run to attend the screening of this powerful film", Tony Wohfarth, Film reviewer
LIVE 88.5FM Interview with Bob Jamison & Ed Kucerak - June 19, 2019
Andrew, Dave and Amal of Live 88.5FM's The Morning Start Up Program interview frontline community worker Bob Jamison and filmmaker Ed Kucerak about their documentary film "Blue Roses".
CKCU-FM 93.1 Interview with Joanna Binch and Danielle Rolfe - June 14, 2019
CKCU-FM 93.1's Chris White, host of Friday Special Blend talks with community out reach nurse Joanna Binch & filmmaker Danielle Rolfe about their documentary "Blue Roses".
CKCU FM 93.1 Interview with Ed Kucerak & Gerald Schmitz - September 22, 2018
CKCU FM 93.1's Monique Fuller speaks to Ottawa filmmaker Ed Kucerak and One World Film Festival Programmer Gerald Schmitz about the documentary "Blue Roses".
CBC FM 91.5 Interview with Danielle Rolfe and Bob Jamison - September 21, 2018
CBC Ottawa Morning's Hallie Cotnam interviews Ottawa filmmaker Danielle Rolfe and frontline community worker Bob Jamison about the "Blue Roses", "a gritty documentary about living & dying in rooming houses".
Filmmakers
Ed Kucerak, Director/Producer
Ed is an Ottawa-based director/producer of documentaries dealing with social issues and human rights. Founder of Kublacom Pictures, his films have been broadcasted on television and featured in film festivals in Canada, the United States and around the world. He is recipient of the Rob Thompson Award for Mentorship from the Ottawa Independent Video Awards and of the Award for Excellent in Local Media from the Federation of Citizens' Association.
Danielle Rolfe, Director/Producer
Danielle is an Ottawa-based director/producer. New to documentary film making, Blue Roses and Who Needs Church? are among her first few films. Danielle collaborates with community-based, participatory researchers and uses documentary film to help tell the stories of people who have not been well served by our current healthcare approaches and services. After creating Blue Roses, Danielle co-founded (with Bobby J of Blue Roses) Soul Space, a community organization that supports the holistic wellbeing of frontline street health and harm reduction workers in Ottawa.
Film Credits
Directors/Writers: Ed Kucerak & Danielle Rolfe
Producers: Danielle Rolfe, Ed Kucerak & Radamis Hany Zaky
Executive Producer: Radamis Hany Zaky
Camera: Ed Kucerak & Danielle Rolfe
Video Editors: Danielle Rolfe, Ed Kucerak & Harry Ferderber
Colour Grading: Harry Ferderber
Sound Editor & Music Design: GAPC Entertainment
End Credits Music
"Sweet Surreal" from CD "Old Man"
Singer-songwriter: Matt Houlubowski
Copyright: Avenue Éditorial
Record Label: Audiogram
Produced by Kublacom Pictures
Ed is an Ottawa-based director/producer of documentaries dealing with social issues and human rights. Founder of Kublacom Pictures, his films have been broadcasted on television and featured in film festivals in Canada, the United States and around the world. He is recipient of the Rob Thompson Award for Mentorship from the Ottawa Independent Video Awards and of the Award for Excellent in Local Media from the Federation of Citizens' Association.
Danielle Rolfe, Director/Producer
Danielle is an Ottawa-based director/producer. New to documentary film making, Blue Roses and Who Needs Church? are among her first few films. Danielle collaborates with community-based, participatory researchers and uses documentary film to help tell the stories of people who have not been well served by our current healthcare approaches and services. After creating Blue Roses, Danielle co-founded (with Bobby J of Blue Roses) Soul Space, a community organization that supports the holistic wellbeing of frontline street health and harm reduction workers in Ottawa.
Film Credits
Directors/Writers: Ed Kucerak & Danielle Rolfe
Producers: Danielle Rolfe, Ed Kucerak & Radamis Hany Zaky
Executive Producer: Radamis Hany Zaky
Camera: Ed Kucerak & Danielle Rolfe
Video Editors: Danielle Rolfe, Ed Kucerak & Harry Ferderber
Colour Grading: Harry Ferderber
Sound Editor & Music Design: GAPC Entertainment
End Credits Music
"Sweet Surreal" from CD "Old Man"
Singer-songwriter: Matt Houlubowski
Copyright: Avenue Éditorial
Record Label: Audiogram
Produced by Kublacom Pictures