Donald Granatstein

Leah is a narrative about Leah Granatstein’s attempt to reunite with her family in 1920s Toronto, and how her ill-fated endeavour reverberates through generations of her family.  Leah examines the confluence of Jewish culture, Canadian immigration and the realities of mental illness in the 1920s. Further, it depicts how one family comes to terms with differences, secrecy, shame and a surprising legacy.