By Carolyn Potts Carolyn Potts is an MA Ed student focusing on First Nation education policy who joins the TV, eh? review team for Mohawk Girls. Already aired episodes are reviewed in chronological order below. Episode 101 “Welcome to Our World” Mohawk Girls, created and directed by Gemini Award winning Tracey Deer (Club Native 2008) and featuring … Continue reading Review: Welcome to the Mohawk Girls’ world
There’s nothing subtle about Omni/APTN’s new half hour series Mohawk Girls. But beyond a few bouts of rocky acting and clunky lines, there are likable characters and a sense of fun and purpose to the show. That purpose — showcasing an aboriginal community struggling against the dilution and misrepresentation of their culture — sits uneasily atop the comedy in … Continue reading Review: Mohawk Girls aims to be Sex And The Rez
The days are getting short, the leaves have started to change, the kids are back in school (except here in BC). Calendar be damned, it’s fall, and with it comes the new television season. For Canadian TV, this is also the damned if you do, damned if you don’t season. Do you put your original programming … Continue reading Fall time is primetime…ish
Are network executives responsible for failures in Canadian TV? Only if you believe making shows is their job. Because I enjoy talking about the Canadian TV industry, sometimes I’m asked questions about it. I have no solid answers but a lot of opinions, so in this irregular column I’ll share some of them. Here’s an email … Continue reading My answer to … risk-averse networks
It’s a light news episode post-vacation, with babble on the lost Rick Mercer interview, Seed’s pickup by The CW, production starting on 19-2 and Motive’s second season, Craig Olejnik’s guest starring turn on Haven, and Blackstone’s September 25 premiere. Episode 150: Listen or download or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the … Continue reading TV, eh? podcast episode 150 – “Non-Controversial Fish in the Universe of the World”
