Top Canadian TV Financier Rebrands to Drive Greater Diversity, Inclusion
The Canada Media Fund has unveiled a new visual identity to expand investment and inclusion for the country’s Indigenous creators.
The Canada Media Fund has unveiled a new visual identity to expand investment and inclusion for the country’s Indigenous creators.
The show is set on a fictional First Nation reserve, making it one of the only shows to portray the lives of multiple Indigenous characters in complex and artful ways, and its raw realism and patient storytelling make it totally engrossing.
This gritty, often gutting drama is set on and around the fictional Blackstone First Nation reserve, in Canada, where people are in substantial distress. Drug abuse and suicide, particularly among teenagers, are rampant, and political corruption threatens to destabilize community leadership.
We are proud to report that Blackstone has been judged as a show “you should be watching” by The New York Times.
The Government of Canada released their Consultation Paper entitled “Canadian Content in a Digital World: Focusing the conversation” and specifically referenced TV series Blackstone as one of the reasons “We…
Prairie Dog Film + Television is proud to report that Blackstone was recently featured in The New York Times’s “What-to-Watch” guide. Below is an excerpt from the article, written by Margaret Lyons.