#SeekMore #inclusion #cdntv is at its best when we all are involved in front of and behind the camera. Same for #cdnfilm
We tweeted this out yesterday when we first heard about the Seek More campaign from Made | Nous. Our regular readers know Made | Nous is set up to promote Canadian content, projects defined as Canadian and those shot in Canada.
Coming on the heels of the end of Kim's Convenience, the timing of #SeekMore is great in that there is so much Canadian content from people of colour. The campaign features the 3 Canadian stars in the video: Simu Liu, Shamier Anderson, and Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs along with the 3 other ambassadors: Mélissa Bédard, Adib Alkhalidey, and Cynthia Wu-Maheux.
"What every Canadian can do is realise that they can vote with their eyeballs and with their wallets and watch and support content that reflects the world that they live in," said Liu in the video.
Each of the ambassadors has Canadian content to recommend that ties back to the Seek More message. Their recommendations are a great guide to finding Canadian content that may be new to you.
Canada is a melting pot; the kind of country the United States thinks it is but isn't as strong in multiculturalism as compared to Canada.
As Made | Nous points out, "Canada’s home to some of the best talent in the world. Different perspectives are what set our content apart. But now is the time to push beyond what we know and seek a greater variety of voices. Seek More inspires Canadians to search out more content and creators from more backgrounds, cultures, and communities."
Your humble narrator has marveled at the excellent Indigenous films that Canada has produced. Jacobs has starred in a pair of films from Jeff Barnaby: Rhymes for Young Ghouls and Blood Quantum. The immigrant experience comes up often from Monsieur Lazhar to Kim's Convenience.
Clicking on a recommendation leads to other recommendations. I clicked on Rhymes for Young Ghouls and saw that Amanda Brugel recommended Tallboyz.
Other voices include Hamza Haq, Kaniehtiio Horn, Cassandra James, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Drew Ray Tanner.
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As a film reviewer and sometimes TV reviewer, the skill set is to embrace cultures that are not your own and give them an objective — as objective as anyone can — perspective. I fail as every mortal human does, but I do try.
Kim's Convenience is a great example: an immigrant story, an Asian story, a Korean-Canadian story, a funny story, sweet and clever from people who may look like you or who don't.
Give some of these Canadian films and TV shows a good chance. Seek the rainbow of perspectives. Seek More.
video and photo credit: Made | Nous
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