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New podcast from comedian Paul Rabliauskas explores lessons in Anishinaabemowin

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:40 AM PST

Paul Rabliauskas (CBC New Indigenous Voices) invites listeners to tune into his new podcast, Paul Anishinaabemo (Speaks Ojibwe), where his mom Sophia teaches him how to speak his family’s language Anishinaabemowin.

The podcast has five one-hour long episodes where Paul learns about the history of the language and other lessons like the Seven Grandfather Teachings.

In an article for CBC, Paul expressed regret about not learning his family’s language earlier in life. His father, grandparents and extended family all spoke Anishinaabemowin. Paul and Sophia want to show the importance of language revitalization through this podcast.

New episodes of Paul Anishinaabemo (Speaks Ojibwe) are released every Monday and can be found on Spotify.

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Jeremy Torrie, Kelly Roulette selected for BIPOC TV & Film’s inaugural writing program

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:34 AM PST

Congratulations to Jeremy Torrie (NSI Aboriginal Cultural Trade Initiative, Featuring Aboriginal Stories Program) and Kelly Roulette (NSI IndigiDocs) on being selected for BIPOC TV & Film’s inaugural Black + Indigenous Drama Intensive Program.

The program will simulate a writing room experience where each writer will have a full writer room session dedicated to workshopping their material. Writers will be paired with a mentor and have access to industry guest speakers.

Upon completion of the program, two of the eight program participants will be selected for a paid placement in a Canadian drama series writing room.

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Submit your historical home movies to Gimli Film Festival’s Manitoba Home Movie Archive

Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:11 AM PST

Registration is now open for Gimli Film Festival’s (GFF) Manitoba Home Movie Archive – a project to help Manitobans transfer their historical home movies to digital for free and share their memories with the public.

GFF encourages any Manitoban with historically relevant home footage to submit to the project and contribute to their home movie archive. GFF’s goal is to gather, digitize and preserve Manitoba’s history. The project originally launched in spring last year during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A collection of the old films are available to view online. Some of the uncovered, never-before-seen images include the burning of St. Boniface Cathedral (1968) and the Royal Visit to Swan River, Manitoba (1970).

Registration is free and open now until the end of March.

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