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Cape Breton-Unama’ki Based Company Building Video Game Inspired by Mi’kmaw Legends
SYDNEY, NS, June 19, 2024 – Green Robot Studios is in the advanced development of a video game inspired by Mi’kmaw legends. The groundbreaking project has been in the works for two years and builds on the company’s history of developing interactive cultural experiences. The game is a fantasy adventure that takes place thousands of […]
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‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman – CP24
June 18, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and murdered Indigenous people have. But she also values humor in telling those stories. In “Fancy Dance,” set for a limited theatrical release Friday and streaming release on Apple TV+ June 28, Gladstone plays […]
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11 Teams Revealed for Milestone Tenth Season of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, beginning July 2 on CTV
TORONTO (June 18, 2024) – Double digits, Canada! The country’s #1 program and most-watched summer series, THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, is back for a milestone tenth season beginning Tuesday, July 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app. Hosted by Olympic Gold Medallist Jon Montgomery, 11 new dynamic and determined teams […]
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AMI-tv announces 2024-25 production slate
June 18, 2024 Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is pleased to announce its 2024-25 production slate for AMI-tv and AMI+. Telling a wide range of authentic stories about Canadians in the disability community through positive portrayal, these new and returning projects promise to be favourites with viewers. AMI is currently in production on new scripted and […]
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25 books that highlight beauty of Indigenous literature: ‘It is time to tell our own stories our way’ – CBC
Jun 13, 2022 This list was curated by Tłı̨chǫ Dene writer Richard Van Camp in 2022 Richard Van Camp is a Tłı̨chǫ Dene writer from Fort Smith, N.W.T., who has written 26 books across multiple genres. His graphic novel A Blanket of Butterflies was nominated for an Eisner Award and his children’s book Little You, illustrated […]
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Truth and Reconciliation commissioner recalls dilemma over cultural genocide finding – CBC
Jun 18, 2024 Marie Wilson mixes memoir and TRC history in new book The residential school survivor’s reference to genocide came on a cool October day in 2011, Marie Wilson recalls. The phrase was short and direct but raised a dilemma for Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). “This was cultural genocide against my people,” the […]
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Weengushk International Film Festival announces 2024 programming – Anishinabek News
Weengushk International Film Festival announces 2024 programming LITTLE CURRENT – Artistic Director Dr. Shirley Cheechoo CM is pleased to announce programming for the 7th Annual Weengushk International Film Festival (WIFF) taking place July 11-14, 2024 on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. WIFF is Northern Ontario’s premier Indigenous film festival, dedicated to honouring the Indian Residential […]
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RED FEVER: 3 STARS. “paints a vivid portrait of Indigenous resilience – Richard Crouse
LOGLINE: In the documentary “Red Fever,” now playing in select theatres, Cree co-director Neil Diamond examines popular culture’s fascination with stereotypical imagery of Indigenous people, cultural appropriation and how Indigenous society shaped the modern world. “There is a deeper story about why the world is fascinated with us,” Neil Diamond says, “and how profoundly we’ve […]
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Entertaining: Festival sees artists offer their takes on technology – Kingston This Week
Jun 13, 2024 In addition to being one of the organizers of this year’s Festival of Live Digital Art, or FOLDA, Adrienne Wong is also one of the performers. Wong will be performing “SmartSmart,” an audience-participatory piece that explores our relationships with everyday technology like our smartphones, on Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (3 p.m.) […]
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Paramount+ in Canada and Reelworld Partner for the 2024 Reelworld Summit
The Reelworld Summit is scheduled for October 22 and 23 TORONTO, ON (June 12, 2024) – Paramount+ in Canada and Reelworld Screen Institute announced today that they will partner for the Reelworld Summit in 2024. The two-day Summit, taking place on October 22 and 23 at the Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown, features keynote speeches, […]
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