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Evan Leversage inspiration for Uma | AM1380.ca (Canadian Press)

A Brant County resident will be heading to India to watch the premiere of a film inspired by the story of her seven-year-old son, who got to celebrate Christmas in October before he died of a terminal illness.

The village of St.George came together in October 2015 to throw a parade for Evan Leversage, who had an inoperable brain tumour and had asked his mother for one last Christmas.

His mother, Nicole Wellwood, worried her boy wouldn’t live until late December.

He died on Dec. 6, 2015.

Evan’s story is being adapted by Indian filmmaker Srijit Mukherji in a movie called “Uma.”

Mukherji says he came across a news article on Facebook about Evan’s final Christmas and was instantly inspired.

He says the act of humanity moved him to tears and he decided he had to make a film about it, hopeful the world could learn from the boy and his town’s love.