Kitra Cahana

Documentary Photographer, Documentary Filmmaker, TED Speaker

Nunavut has the highest suicide rate of any province or territory in Canada. But in the town of Arviat, young people have found salvation in dancing. Their annual competitions have become legendary — and a way to heal emotional wounds.

Dancing Towards The Light

In 2011 Ronnie Cahana suffered a severe stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome: completely paralyzed except for his eyes. While this might shatter a normal person’s mental state, Cahana found peace in “dimming down the external chatter,” and “fell in love with life and body anew.” In a somber, emotional talk, his daughter Kitra shares how she documented her father's spiritual experience, as he helped guide others even in a state of seeming helplessness.


My father, locked in his body but soaring free 

American Teen

A Different Kind of Force: Policing Mental Illness

How does a community begin to heal in the aftermath of a mass shooting? On October 2nd, a day after a man opened fire on the Route 91 music festival, killing 58 and wounding hundreds, the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs ministry deployed to Las Vegas. NBC Left Field followed a team of 22 golden retrievers as the dogs brought solace to victims, their families, first responders and the community at large.

Kitra Cahana

Documentary Photographer, Documentary Filmmaker, TED Speaker

Dancing Towards The Light

A Different Kind of Force: Policing Mental Illness

My father, locked in his body but s...

American Teen

Comfort Dogs Heal Las Vegas Shootin...