Open this photo in gallery: Elevation Pictures co-presidents Noah Segal and Laurie May in their new Toronto office on Aug. 15.Jennifer Roberts/The Globe and Mail The year was 2014 and Canadian producers Christine Haebler and Trish Dolman had a problem: Absolutely no film distributor wanted to touch Indian Horse, their adaptation of Richard Wagamese’s acclaimed novel about one boy’s struggle through the residential-school system. “Nobody was interested in these types of stories,” recalls Haebler. “This was still a year before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its report, and everybody turned us down.” Everybody, until the producers met with a...