09/03/2026
Earlier this year I collaborated with award winning documentarian Barri Cohen to co-direct this heartfelt and moving short documentary about Stevie Mehlfuhrer, a survivor of horrific abuse in Ontario's institutional "hospital schools" such as the Huronia Regional Centre.
Through Family Alliance Ontario (who also generously supported the creation of this short film) Stevie's father Ted Mehlfuhrer collaborated with renowned Canadian songwriter Gregory Hoskins to write a song about Stevie, from Ted and his family's point of view. Together, they perform the song in this film: Stevie's Song.
"Stevie's Song" is one of a number of stories by and about survivor...