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Mohawk Girls

Video: The Real Mohawk Girls

From Vice.com:

The Real Mohawk Girls
Mohawk Girls is a comedy-drama show on APTN following the lives of four women on a Mohawk reserve. We meet the women in Kahnawake, the Mohawk community where the show is shot, to talk about the series’ themes (inter-cultural relationships, the reserve’s controversial “marry out, move out” policy, the preservation of Aboriginal culture) but also to discuss the fact that this is one of the first times First Nations women are given a chance to shine in such edgy material.

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Audio: Talking Canadian fall television with CBC

Gloria2015.3-highresThe fall TV season is here, and who better to talk about the Canadian angle than, well, us? Thanks to CBC’s B.C. Almanac for having me on to chat about homegrown TV alongside Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times, who handled things from the U.S. angle.

Our chat with Gloria Macarenko begins at the 26-minute mark.

 

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Link: 10 famous people (besides Drake) who got their start on Toronto kids’ shows

From Ed Conroy of the Toronto Star:

10 famous people (besides Drake) who got their start on Toronto kids’ shows
Here are eight appearances from stars that passed through some fairly foggy Toronto kids’ shows back in the day.

John Candy, Cucumber 

(TVOntario, 1972)

Cucumber (Children’s Underground Club of United Moose and Beaver for Enthusiastic Reporters) was a weekday afternoon children’s program that encouraged viewers to be expressive and creative. Hosted by Moose and Beaver, the Cucumber clubhouse also saw many visitors including an impossibly young John Candy, here playing superhero Weatherman in an episode all about — you guessed it — weather. Continue reading.

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Wynonna Earp

Link: Wynonna Earp a “real woman” fighting demons in new Calgary-shot series

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From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:

Wynonna Earp a “real woman” fighting demons in new Calgary-shot series
“We are still keeping the sexiness, Melanie is a very beautiful woman,” says Andras. “She is surrounded by very beautiful people. This is definitely a cast of gorgeousity. But we are really going for a real look. This is a real woman. She is a three-dimensional woman with flaws and feelings and she wears pants. But boy she looks great in them.” Continue reading.

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Industry News

Link: CBC President Acknowledges that Public Broadcaster’s Very Existence is at Risk

From Broadcaster Magazine:

CBC President Acknowledges that Public Broadcaster’s Very Existence is at Risk
In a prepared speech, Lacroix admitted that public broadcasters “are at fault for not speaking loudly enough about the threats we face,” and “like the proverbial frog put in cold water that is slowly heated, we’ve resisted telling people that we risk being boiled to death.” Continue reading.

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