COURTESY SEBASTIEN RAYMOND Making her 12-year-old heart tremendously proud, filmmaker and director Kahnawa’kehró:non Tracey Deer made Kanien’kehá:- ka history this week, big time. Deer’s first-ever feature film, “Beans” won best picture on the last night of the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, along with the John Dunning best first feature award. “I was shocked,”
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Screen Awards highlight new Indigenous talent
Abenaki actor Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie (right) is nominated as supporting actor for a Canadian Screen Award for his first acting gig, as are his co-stars Emilie Bierre (leading role, centre) and Irelande Cote (supporting, right), who both got nods. (Courtesy Julie Caron) [apss_share] Every year, the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs) highlight a broad collection
Mohawk Girls comes up huge at Canadian Screen Awards
Brittany LeBorgne’s name was read alongside comedy legend Catherine O’Hara Tuesday, as the 31-year-old Kahnawake actress becomes the first in the community to be nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for a comedy role in a TV series. [juiz_sps buttons="facebook, twitter, mail"] The screen at the front of the TIFF Bell Lightbox