Category: Arts

What started off as a reminder to Ottawa writer Amanda Bernardo to listen to the little voice in her head and follow her dreams has now turned into a book meant to inspire people of all ages.

It’s been 25 years since the Montreal Massacre and the anniversary of the Dec. 6, 1989, tragedy was remembered in Ottawa last week with a new, concert-length choral work, Requiem for Fourteen Roses.

The video opens with two men in white Hazmat suits entering a dark, sparsely furnished room with concrete walls. The camera follows them to a bedroom, where an emaciated African woman lies still on a bare mattress. The scene ends with the two men lifting her limp body up by the wrists and ankles and carrying her away. The only sound is the slow inhale and exhale of the mens’ protective masks.