Anna Lambe stars as Siaja in new CBC's series, North of North.
Inuk writer Napatsi Folger and Swampy Cree filmmaker Sonya Ballantyne discuss why the sitcom is such a breath of fresh Arctic air.Believe it or not, the hottest new show this year is set in one of the coldest places on Earth.is a comedy about a young Inuk mother in the remote fictional town of Ice Cove, Nunavut.
The show, starring Anna Lambe, premiered on CBC Gem and APTN, and will have its global debut on Netflix later this year.: Very much so, because I am a huge advocate for Indigenous representation in film and television. But when people hear that, they think I mean the highbrow, Oscar-winning, honourable stoic portrayals of Indigenous people. But what I really want is stuff like this, that shows us as our lives are actually lived.
I was so surprised to hear the raunchiness in the show. The second I heard a raunchy joke in the first episode, it was like, "I am here for this," and I sat down a little bit harder; it won me over immediately. I was just cackling out loud the whole time. It was great.: I want to talk a little bit about Siaja, because she introduces herself as "a modern Inuk woman, whatever that means.
It was fun to see an Indigenous man portrayed as a villain in this show, and not as a mustache-twirling villain, but as a person who is nuanced and allowed to have negative qualities … because as you were saying, there is this idea that we're portrayed as a dead people. And so as a dead people, we're only allowed to be portrayed in a positive way. And so I think it was such an amazing thing to see us portrayed in such a, for lack of a better word, messy way.
One of my favourite parts of this show is, alcoholism and alcohol in general are always demonized in our community — and rightfully so, because there is alcoholism in our communities. But to see young people doing what young people do, having parties where Britney Spears plays and having booze and shots, was something I like to see because it is a part of our community, and to pretend it isn't is disingenuous to us. And so I just loved all of it.
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