National Film Board Of Canada: Tireless Advocate

Magnus Isacsson Dept: Isacsson died Thursday in Montreal after a long illness, the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement, according to CBC. The NFB remembered the director as an accomplished filmmaker and tireless advocate of social justice and montreal documentary filmmaker Magnus Isacsson, known for crusading films that championed the environment and the little guy, has died. He was 64. He had completed work on Ma vie reelle , about troubled youths in Montreal North, for Amazone Film. His final film, it will be released this fall. Another Isacsson film still under production is Granny Power , which explores the Raging Grannies, the activist movement led by senior citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.