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How two Indigenous women are charting new paths to success in media industry - Publication Date |
- Oct 22, 2021
- Episode Duration |
- 00:51:26
This week on Unreserved, Indigenous women who are telling their own stories on big and small screens and breaking barriers for other Indigenous storytellers.
Jennifer Podemski took the long way to success in her TV, film and theatre career. Now she wants to make the path easier for others by producing Indigenous-led shows. Her latest TV show, Unsettled, was shot on Nipissing First Nation in northern Ontario and debuted this September on APTN.
And Sherry Mckay didn’t let failure get in the way of her media dream. She simply changed the medium to become a social media star. Mckay goes by the nickname Nish Bish on TikTok. Her following on the video-sharing app sits at more than 490,000 and her biggest video has 12 million views. As an Anishinaabe comedian and influencer, Mckay uses the platform to educate and inspire, and to show the world that Indigenous people are so much more than stereotypes.
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