“If anyone can find the silver lining in a mushroom cloud, it’s this astounding thoughtful filmmaker.”— The National Post.

Acclaimed filmmaker Velcrow Ripper creates powerful, cinematic documentaries that deal with the central issues of our times. His more than thirty films include the multi-award winning feature documentary, Scared Sacred, about the search for hope in the ground zero’s of the world. (Special Jury Prize, Toronto International Film Festival) and the newly released Fierce Light.