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Listen to knowledge keepers, community leaders, artists and influencers on new podcast series Indigenous150+

Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:37 PM PDT

Indigenous150+ – a new podcast series that centres on Indigenous voices – is now available on all major podcast platforms.

The Indigenous150+ Youth Ambassador program brought together 21 young adults from across the country, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to learn how to moderate cross cultural conversations and basic podcasting skills.

Knowledge keepers, community leaders, artists and influencers shared their stories with Indigenous150+ participants who each host their own episodes. The first eight episodes premiered in June.

There are 40 episodes in total celebrating a diversity of stories and they’ll be rolling out twice a week at 6 p.m. (EST) on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout October.

The initiative is led by Good Influence Films in partnership with Canada World Youth, Inspirit Foundation and RBC Foundation in support of RBC Future Launch. Sean Vanderklis, of One Dish One Mic led the training and is an executive producer on the series.

The podcast creators need your help to spread the word and amplify Indigenous stories and voices.

Here’s how you can listen and how you can help spread the word:

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Webinar on Telefilm Development Stream for Racialized Persons, September 23

Posted: 19 Sep 2020 02:12 PM PDT

Telefilm Canada recently announced the newly-created Development Stream for Racialized Persons, welcoming applications from both emerging and experienced companies that are majority-owned and controlled by creators who are Black and People of Colour.

Telefilm will be hosting a webinar on September 23 to provide an overview of the development stream with a walk-through of the application process (via Dialogue) and answer any questions you might have about this new stream before the opening date on October 5.

Key questions that will be discussed include:

Ahead of the webinar, they’re inviting questions which can be sent to [email protected] by Monday, September 21, 2020.

RSVP and join the webinar on Wednesday, September 23 at 1 p.m. (EST) for the English session and 3 p.m. (EST) for the French session.

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Jennifer Podemski launches Shine Network, a media platform designed to empower and celebrate Indigenous women in film and television

Posted: 19 Sep 2020 01:42 PM PDT

Anishinaabe/Ashkenazi producer/director Jennifer Podemski (NSI Global Marketing, Telefilm Canada Spark Plug Program) has launched the Shine Network, a media platform designed to empower and celebrate Indigenous women in film and television.

Shine Network – a federally incorporated, social enterprise – is a direct response to the chronic underrepresentation of Indigenous women on screen and behind the camera in Canada’s media production sector.

The platform will offer a digital cinema space for content created by Indigenous women and a professional development incubator for Indigenous women pursuing a career in the film, television and media industry.

Statistics show that the current industry paradigm is not working for Indigenous women and The Shine Network is committed to shifting this grim reality.

“We must uplift, protect and celebrate the voices and perspectives of Indigenous women,” said Jennifer. “There are too few of us working behind and in front of the camera. Those you read about are doing incredible and important work yet represent less than 1% of Canadian content creators receiving funding. When that changes we will witness a monumental shift in our collective narrative and we will all be better for it.”

Their digital cinema space will feature a diverse variety of content made by Indigenous women. Special presentations will include curated exhibitions by established Indigenous filmmakers, virtual artist talk back sessions and exclusive screenings.

The professional development incubator will provide a wide variety of masterclasses and tutorials created to motivate and inspire. All classes are virtual and custom designed to address the unique challenges Indigenous women face in pursuit of a career in film, television and media.

Subscribers who complete all classes and tutorials will be given access to one-on-one sessions with a select group of virtual mentors.

The Shine Network is a free, subscriber based platform offering 24-hour access to the digital cinema space and professional development incubator.

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African Movie Festival in Manitoba kicks off with free symposium on racism in cinema, September 26

Posted: 19 Sep 2020 01:15 PM PDT

The African Movie Festival in Manitoba (AMFM) takes place from September 26 to 27, 2020. The festival kicks off with a symposium Racism in Cinema: Representations of Blackness in Films at the Gas Station Arts Centre, 445 River Avenue in Winnipeg at 10 a.m.

The symposium is a mini town hall on anti-Black racism taking its cue from current conversations on racism and will extend the discussion on racism in cinema to the broader critical discourse of anti-Black racism in Canada and beyond.

The panel aims to bring together the voices of Black stakeholders (including community leaders, academics, and artists) in a conversation on the enduring systems and ideologies of racial oppression in society. The panel explores the longstanding cultural, political and economic practices that function to facilitate racism, oppression, inequality and injustice. It also explores the tolls of these practices on Black peoples and will ask for ways to redress and eradicate systems of racism in society.

Panelists are Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady, Director, Immigration Partnership; Titi Tijani, ACOMI President, Uzoma Asagwara MLA Union Station. The keynote is Dr. Onokome Okome, Professor of Arts, English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta; respondents are Dr. Mbye Cham, Professor in the Department of African Studies and Director of the Center for African Studies at Howard University in Washington, D. C.; Dr. Sarah Buchanan, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, US. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Ben Akoh.

Seating is limited. Reserve your place today. Check out the festival’s website for the full schedule.

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