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| APTN Unveils Fall 2009 Programming Highlights |
| Posted
on Tuesday, August 04, 2009 - 09:46 AM |
New additions to APTN this fall include Little Bear, Double Trouble, Moose TV, APTN InFocus, APTN Investigates, Rez Tunez and much more!
1. Little Bear – New to APTN
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM MT on APTN West
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM CT on APTN North
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 9:30 AM ET on APTN East
Final Episode 52 will air on Friday, December 4, 2009
East, West and North Feeds
52 x 30 minute episodes
Children’s series
Little Bear is a pre-school property which traces the spirited adventures of a curious imaginative and inventive little bear and his childhood friends. As little bear explores the world his curiosity and imagination lead to adventures and experience. The Gemini-Award winning and Ace Award-nominated series is among 2-5 year olds, on all US conventional broadcast, cable and syndicated television.
2. Double Trouble – New to APTN APTN PREMIERE
Launches:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 4:30 PM CT on APTN North
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 4:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Final Episode 13 will air on Friday, December 4, 2009
East, West and North Feeds
13 x 30 minute episodes
A hilarious teen comedy about a set of identical twin Aboriginal girls separated at birth who meet up accidentally 15 years later. They concoct an outrageous scheme to switch places in order to meet their other family. One twin has been brought up in the bright lights of Sydney and the other twin grew up in a remote traditional Aboriginal community in Central Australia.
Starring: Cassandra Glenn as Yuma and Christine Glenn as Kyanna.
3. Moose TV – New to APTN APTN PREMIERE
Launches:
Tuesday September 8, 2009 at 9:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 8 will air on Tuesday October 27, 2009
East, West and APTNHD Feeds
8 x 30 minute episodes
George (Adam Beach) arrives in the bucolic northern community of Moose after spending 10 years of hard living in the city. Not long after his arrival, he lock-picks his way into an abandoned local television studio. A natural leader with big dreams, George decides to revive the old abandoned station. He convinces his childhood pal and the town’s local fix-it guy Clifford (Nathaniel Arcand) to lend his technical expertise to run the studio. George makes the station is new hobby and passion. With the flick of a transmitter switch, Moose TV comes alive, and so do the resident misfits that inhabit the tiny, isolated former mining community. It doesn’t take long before all hell breaks loose, family rivalries escalate, old and new ways collide, and secrets start to be revealed. It’s just an ordinary day in a small, sleepy town where nothing ever really happens, or so it seems.
*Available on HD
4. APTN InFocus – WORLD PREMIERE
Launches:
Friday September 11, 2009 at 6:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North, ET APTNHD
Final Episode 11 will air on Friday, March 5, 2010
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
11 x 30 minute episodes (alternating every Friday with In Focus – Investigative, after APTN National News)
APTN’s exciting new current affairs program takes a look at the latest news stories and puts them into perspective. Join host Cheryl McKenzie as she puts the news viewers want to see “in focus”, providing in-depth analysis to give the ‘story behind the story’. Informational and educational, APTN InFocus provides a detailed examination of the issues affecting our communities.
*Available on HD
5. APTN Investigates WORLD PREMIERE
Launches:
Friday September 18, 2009 at 6:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North, ET APTNHD
Final Episode 11 will air on Friday, March 12, 2010
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
11 x 30 minute episodes (alternating every Friday with In Focus, after APTN National News)
APTN Investigates goes beyond the headlines and closed doors to uncover the truth behind some of the most controversial news stories affecting our Peoples and our communities. When things don’t quite add up, our knowledgeable team of reporters will ask the tough questions to reveal what’s really going on. Host Cheryl McKenzie will bring you the facts during this all-new half-hour investigative news program.
*Available on HD
6. Rez Tunez APTN PREMIERE
Launches:
Saturday September 12 (tentative) at 8:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 7 will air on Saturday, October 24, 2009
East, West and APTNHD Feeds (TBD)
7 x 60 minute episodes
A 7 part, one-hour series packed with live performances in a variety of musical genres interspersed with rib tickling comedy and informative interviews with artists.
*Available on HD
7. By the Rapids – Season II
Launches:
Thursday October 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Thursday October 29, 2009 at 8:30 PM ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 13 will air on Thursday December 3, 2009
East, West, and APTNHD Feeds
6 x 30 minute episodes (Episodes 8 – 13)
An animated comedy with attitude, this series takes a satirical look at what happens when a thoroughly urban teenager tries to integrate in to the small Native community where his successful lawyer parents were born and raised.
*Available on HD
8. Aboriginal Day – The Solstice Concerts 2008
Launches:
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North, ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 6 will air on Saturday October 17, 2009
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
6 x 30 minute episodes
Variety series
Concert series from Aboriginal Day Live 2008, featuring performances from both stages (Winnipeg and Yellowknife).
*Available on HD
9. Inuk – Season III
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 8:00 AM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 8:00 AM CT on APTN North
East, West and North Feeds
13 x 30 episodes
Inuk – Season III (French) launches Tuesday September 8, 2009 at 10:00 AM CT on APTN North
This animated children’s series tells the adventures of Inuk, a highly imaginative seven-year-old Inuit boy living with his family in Canada’s Arctic. Inuk’s world revolves around his family and his animal friends. Inuit culture, customs, games, arts and music provide a rich backdrop to this remarkable series.
10. Wapos Bay - Season IV
Launches:
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:30 AM ET on APTNHD
Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
East, West and APTNHD Feeds
Final Episode 26 will air on Thursday November 26, 2009
6 x 30 minute episodes (Episodes 20-26)
Children’s series
This unique stop-motion animated series is aimed at family audiences and follows the adventures of three children as they explore their remote northern community of Wapos Bay. T-Bear, Talon and Raven live in a world of bush planes, canoeing, snow-mobiling, hunting, trapping and fishing. Winner of a 2009 ELAN award and three Gemini awards including 2008 Best Ensemble Performance in an animated Program, Wapos Bay is a fun adventure you won’t want to miss.
11. Bizou – Season II
Launches:
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 7:30 AM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 7:00 AM ET on APTNHD
East, West and APTNHD Feeds (TBD)
12 x 30 minute episodes
Bizou depicts the mythical journeys, creatures and places that are the foundation of First Nations culture and tradition. Bizou and the Wonderful World of Animals is an animated pilot about a little Indian princess who has the magical ability to communicate with animals. Bizou recounts popular Indian legends, from the Raven tales of the Haida to the Moose legends of the central Cree to the Inuit Sedna stories. The pilot episode features the legend of buffalo and field mouse, with the moral of the story being "If you are proud and selfish, you will lose all in the end."
12. Mixed Blessings – Season III
Launches:
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM CT on APTN North
Final Episode 13 will air on Tuesday February 9, 2010
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
13 x 30 minute episodes (tentative)
Mixed Blessings is a dramatic comedy series that explores the lives of a blended family in small town Canada. Hank, a third generation Ukrainian with two teenagers, and Josie, a Cree woman with four kids, ages 6 to 16, set up house together in a northern Alberta community.
13. The Mix – Season III
Launches:
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North, ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 13 will air on Saturday, January 16, 2010
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
13 x 30 minute episodes
Variety entertainment series
Lively and inspired, these half-hour performances offer a well-paced, informative profile of music rooted in Métis tradition. The Mix will explore the new frontiers that Métis musicians are reaching for. From traditional fiddle and dance through jazz and opera and on into hip-hop and the frontiers of performance art; The Mix will be there.
14. Tiga Talk – Season II
Launches:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 7:30 AM ET on APTNHD
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:00 AM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
Children’s series
13 x 30 minute episodes
Tiga Talk, a program targeted at children aged 2-5, is a sweet entertaining series that combines live action with a magic puppet world using music and imaginary play to explore sounds and language. Each episode of the series focuses on a specific speech sound. We follow Tiga, a plush wolf-pup toy, as he accompanies Kokum (Grandma in Cree) on her visits to First Nations Reserves in BC exploring language and culture with young children and with community Elders.
15. C’est parti mon tipi! APTN PREMIERE
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 9:00 AM ET on APTNHD
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 10:00 AM ET on APTN East
Final Episode 13 will air on Monday, November 30, 2009
East Feed and APTNHD Feeds
13 x 30 minute episodes
Dès septembre sur les ondes d’APTN…C’est parti mon tipi!, est une nouvelle émission pour les jeunes animé par Charles Bender.C’est parti mon tipi! C’est un groupe d’ados qui se mobilisent pour accueillir une personnalité dans leur communauté et l’intégrer à une activité inusitée qu’ils ont préparée. Sous le signe de l’humour et de la camaraderie, les jeunes - et les téléspectateurs -ont le plaisir de côtoyer des vedettes dans un contexte drôle, impertinent et étonnant comme seuls les ados peuvent en créer! Que ce soit avec Guillaume Latendresse qui s’intègre à une soirée de camping déjantée qui se termine par une course nocturne en forêt, le groupe de musique Loco Locass qui dispute un match de hockey dont le terrain est la ville de Val-D’Or au grand complet, Les Denis Drolet qui participent à un Festival de la mouche au mois de juin ou le comédien Antoine Bertrand qui s’éreinte dans un triathlon surprenant, on prouve que l’absurde… fait de la vraie bonne télé! Attachez vos télécommandes avec de la broche parce que C’est parti mon tipi! arrive sur vos écrans!
English Synopsis :
C’est parti mon tipi! (My Teepee is Off!)
Starting in September, this show will be broadcast by APTN. C’est parti mon tipi! (My Teepee is Off!) is a new program aimed at young people and hosted by Charles Bender. C’est parti mon tipi! (My Teepee is Off!) is a group of teens that join forces to welcome key figures into their community and make them take part in some unusual activities that they have prepared in advance. In a spirit of fun and friendship, the young people – as well as viewers – will have a chance to rub shoulders with stars in situations that are funny, irreverent and astonishing – situations dreamed up by the teens of course! Whether it be Guillaume Latendresse who joins in an evening of camping gone crazy that turns into a night-time race in the woods, the Loco Locass music group playing a street hockey game covering all of the town of Val-d’Or, Les Denis Drolet who take part in a Fly Festival in the month of June or the actor Antoine Bertrand who wears himself out in a surprising triathlon, this is proof that preposterous makes great TV! Fasten your seatbelt on your remote when C’est parti mon tipi! (My Teepee is Off!) reaches your TV screen!
*Available on HD
16. Makusham APTN PREMIERE
Launches:
Monday, September 7. 2009 at 1:00 PM ET on APTN East
Final Episode 13 will air on Monday, November 30, 2009
East Feed
13 x 30 minute episodes
La meilleure façon de découvrir les richesses culturelles d’une communauté ou d’un peuple, ses nuances et ses couleurs, c’est de rassembler dans un même lieu les meilleurs de ses artistes. Qu’ils soient autochtones ou amis de ceux-ci, qu’ils parlent la langue de leurs ancêtres ou celle de l’émission, les artistes invités arriveront de l’est et de l’ouest du Canada de même que du Québec.
Près d’une trentaine d’artistes s’exprimeront chacun dans leur style de musique que ce soit le blues, le rock, le rap, le reggae ou le folk avec au cœur de ce Makusham l’artiste Innu Florent Vollant. Axée sur la musique contemporaine, en incluant bien sûr le côté traditionnel, la série de 13 demi-heures est une suite de rencontres et de partage qui deviendra rapidement un rendez-vous avec le public de tous les âges.
English Synopsis :
Makusham
The best way to discover the cultural treasures of a people or a community with all their shades and colours is to bring together their top artists in a single place. Whether they be aboriginals or their friends, whether they speak the language of their ancestors or that of the program, the invited artists will come from Eastern and Western Canada as well as from Québec.
Roughly thirty artists will perform in their own musical styles: blues, rock, rap, reggae and folk. At the heart of this Makusham will be the Innu artist, Florent Vollant. Focusing on contemporary music, and naturally including traditional forms, these13 half-hour segments will make up a series of encounters and sharing that audiences of all ages will not want to miss.
*Available on HD
17. Nukum
Launches:
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 1:30 PM ET on APTN East
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 9:00 PM ET on APTNHD
Final Episode will air on Monday, October 26, 2009
East and APTNHD Feeds
6 x 30 minute episodes
Nukum documents the birthing ritual in different aboriginal communities from the North and South America.
*Available on HD
18. Storytellers In Motion III
Launches:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM ET on APTNHD
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 2:00 AM CT on APTN North
Final Episode 13 will air on Wednesday, December 2, 2009
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
13 x 30 minute documentary series
Storytellers In Motion Series III – The Next Wave turns the spotlight on the next wave of Aboriginal storytellers and filmmakers who are harnessing the power of mass media, film, video, television and the digital world, to reach their audiences.
19. Tansi! Nehiyawetan (formerly Nehiyawetan) – Season II
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 7:30 AM CT on APTN North
Tuesday, September 8,, 2009 at 7:30 AM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, ET on APTNHD
Final Episode 6 will air on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
6 x 30 minute episodes
Children and Youth series
Tansi! Nehiyawetan is an energy-driven, interactive series that invites children to learn the Cree language with Kai and Kayla and their Auntie Josephine through songs, stories and adventures in the city.
Olympic Programming and Specials
*(At this point only minimal info available)
APTN is the first Aboriginal network worldwide to broadcast live coverage of the Olympic Games. From February 12 to 28, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network will provide live coverage in HD of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. APTN will air 10 hours of daily coverage throughout the Games, with two hours in prime time in various Aboriginal languages, and four hours each in French and English. As an Official Broadcaster, APTN will also air the Opening and Closing Ceremonies in Aboriginal languages, providing more access and coverage of the Games to multi-language communities and cultures across Canada than ever before.
APTN is one of 11 television networks within Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium, as well as 10 official radio stations, a national print publication and two dedicated websites, which together will provide Canadians with an unprecedented 4,500 hours of multilingual, multi-platform coverage of the Games.
1. Historical Special: Top 10 Canadian Winter Olympic Moments
Proposed Air Date: September 23/28, 2009
2. Over the Bolts
Proposed Air Date: w/o September 28, 2009
10 x 30 minute episodes
Snowboarding documentary series
3. Torch Special: Vancouver 2010: Light it Up!
Proposed Air Date: w/o October 26, 2009
1 x 60 min.
4. Multicultural Documentary: Away From Home
Proposed Air Date: TBA
1 x 60 min.
5. Hockey Powers
Proposed Air Date: w/o December 28, 2009
6 x 30 minute episodes
Hockey documentary series
6. Hockey Documentary: Home Ice
Proposed Air Date: w/o February 8, 2010
1 x 60 min.
7. Hockey Documentary: The Great Tournament
Proposed Air Date: w/o February 8, 2010
1 x 60 min.
8. Figure Skating Special: The Dream: Patrick Chan and Friends
Proposed Air Date: w/o January 4, 2010
1 x 60 min.
Fall Pilots
**Pilots and documentaries normally play during the Reel Insights strand available on APTN East, West, North and APTNHD
20. Juliana and the Medicine Fish
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 30 min.
A young girl enters a high-stakes fishing tournament in order to save the family business.
21. Blackstone
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 60 min. Dramatic Pilot
Blackstone is a raw, inside look behind the veil of power and politics on an Indian reserve. The story we tell of the Blackstone Cree First Nation is one that many communities will recognize as their own. The circumstances and details may be different, but the underlying climate of corruption, mismanagement and nepotism that gives rise to the story is becoming an all-too familiar reserve experience…and the cost in human terms is tragic.
22. Tales of an Urban Indian
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 30 min. Dramatic Comedy Pilot
Tales of an Urban Indian follows the escapades of Simon Douglas, a recently clean and sober First Nations actor, who has become disillusioned by the stereotypes of Native people in the media. As a way of battling these stereotypes, Simon has resolved to create his own projects that accurately depict the true urban Aboriginal experience. His first major project is a homemade documentary entitled “Tales of an Urban Indian”.
23. Health Nutz
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 30 minute Comedy Pilot
Health Nutz is the home of the Health Depot and its juice bar. It’s a place with the characters and atmosphere of the show Cheers except with Health Nutz and wheatgrass instead of beers.
24. Shaputuan
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 30 min.
Meteu is a bingo fanatic. Mamilou and the whole Shaputuan community, an urban Quebec City-based treatment centre for Aboriginal people, try to help Meteu to overcome this addiction... This does not go without surprises and revelations!
25. The Time Traveler
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 60 min.
Shooting this summer.
A young woman living in 3012 must travel back in time to 2008 in search of a rare DNA strand that will save her world. There, she connects with Jackson, a free spirited urban Aboriginal guy, and his cousin Ray, down from the Rez.
26. Hunt for the Mad Trapper
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
1 x 60 min.
A team of forensic investigators travel to the Canadian Arctic to exhume the remains of the legendary Mad Trapper. If they can recover the fugitives DNA they hope to solve the identity of the mysterious man who shot three RCMP officers more than seventy-five years earlier.
27. Our Home and Native Land
1 x 60 minute Documentary Pilot
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
This series pays tribute to six First Nations women who have influenced the development of Canada as we know it today. The goal is to bring awareness to the contributions of Canada's lesser-known Aboriginal Canadian women.
28. Road to Pascua Lama
1 X 60 minute Documentary One-Off
Launches: October or November 2009 for ‘Battle of the Pilots’ TBA (Has not been scheduled)
Road to Pascua Lama is a one-hour documentary that tells a story of globalization, betrayal and greed high up the Andes Mountains that straddle Chile and Argentina. Here Barrick Gold, Canada’s foremost mining company is behind a plan to develop ‘Pascua Lama’, the largest gold mine in the world. But for the indigenous people and farmers who call these remote mountains and steep valleys home, Barrick threatens much more than the sacred glaciers that blanket their gold - their only source of water and life in this region. With Barrick set to officially begin production this September, “Road To Pascua Lama” takes us on a journey of discovery, from Chile to Toronto, to uncover the true price of gold.
Documentaries
29. Lost Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull’s Grave – New APTN Documentary
Produced in Association with APTN
Launches: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 on Reel Insights at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North
Running Time: 60 min
This documentary revisits the story of the 1953 grave robbing of the famed Lakota leader Sitting Bull. Through stylized recreations and interviews with Sitting Bull’s great grandson Ernie Lapointe and Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Chairman Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Lost Bones explores the fascinating story alongside the extraordinary accomplishments Sitting Bull made during his lifetime. Winner of 2009 Hugo Television Award for Gold Plaque Documentary.
*Available on HD
30. From Bella Coola to Berlin
Launches: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 on Reel Insights at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North
Running Time: 48 min.
They were known as Volkerschaus, people shows and human zoos. For Carl Hagenbeck, they were a lucrative business venture. Between 1870 and 1932, he brought over 50 Indigenous groups to Europe and exhibited them in zoos and theatres. One of his groups were nine Bella Coola Indians (Nuxalk Nation) from Canada
The documentary, “From Bella Coola to Berlin” blends archival photographs, rare historic footage, dramatic vignettes and interviews with German scholars and Nuxalk Elders as it reconstructs the dancers’ experience in Germany more than 125 years ago.
31. Jim Settee: The Way Home
Launches: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 on Reel Insights at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North
Through his life as a spiritual mentor and oral historian, Saskatchewan Elder Jim Settee brought people home to themselves and to their communities. This is the story of a remarkable life, and also a story of transformation for the filmmaker and many others who came home through Jim’s kindness. Jim’s gentle legacy continues to touch people of all traditions.
32. Pow Wow Thunder
Produced in Association with APTN
Launches: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 on Reel Insights at 7:30 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North
Running Time: 60 min
Pow-wow Thunder is a journey into the lives of three veteran Pow-Wow announcers, taking an intimate look at these versatile personalities that deliver a high impact entertaining Pow-Wow. Witness the celebrations through their eyes as you have never seen or heard it before! HOKA HEY! POW-WOW TIME!
33. Honour Thy Father (NFB Second Stories)
Airing on Short Cuts Strand
Launches: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 11:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
West and East Feeds
Running Time: 60 min (Actual running time 21 min.)
Honour Thy Father is a poignant look at cultural misunderstanding and its toll on a family's grief.
The loss of his father was a devastating blow for filmmaker Gerald Auger. The local Anglican priest refused to allow the family to bury their father in the traditional Cree way - with the drum and the smudge - because he was buried on Anglican church property. Gerald sets out to resolve his hurt and anger by seeking official church approval to honour his father traditionally; his path leads him to some unexpected places.
34. It Had to Be Done (NFB Second Stories)
Airing on Short Cuts Strand
Launches: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 11:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
West and East Feeds
Running Time: 60 min (Actual running time 22 min.)
It Had To Be Done explores the legacy of residential schools through the eyes of two extraordinary women who not only lived it firsthand, but who, as adults, made the surprising choice to return to the school that had affected their lives so profoundly. This intimate and moving film affirms their strength and dignity in standing up and making a difference on their own terms.
35. Deb-we-win Ge-ken-am-aan – Our Place in the Circle (NFB Second Stories)
Airing on Short Cuts Strand
Launches: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 11:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
West and East Feeds
Running Time: 22 min.
Deb-we-win Ge-kend-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle
Filmmaker Lorne Olson had a vision of two-spirited people dancing, smiling, laughing; they were moving without shame, at peace with themselves and their place in the world.
Two-spirited people are comprised of a male and female spirit. Historically, they were venerated for their gifts, but such respect isn't necessarily the case today. Lorne's vision sparks him to rediscover the strength of the past to better face the challenges of today. This funny and buoyant film documents his touching journey.
36. Documentary History Series: Chiefs
Launches:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 10:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North,
East, West, North Feeds
6 x 60 minute episodes
Documentary series
Chiefs is the saga of the great leaders, warriors and diplomats of the First Nations whose stories form a central drama of Canada and the North American continent. The films, telling the life stories of First Nations leaders Sitting Bull, Pontiac, Joseph Brant, Black Hawk, and Poundmaker, are a blend of documentary and dramatic reenactment, bringing to life the power, spirit and mystery of the First Nations. But the films also seek to separate the myth from the men, to tell the story of leaders who could be equally Machiavellian and magnanimous, men capable of being cruel and foolish as well as brilliant and brave. Together, the episodes of Chiefs reveal an alternative, and essential, history of Canada and the United States.
37. Documentary History Series: War of 1812
Launches:
Wednesday, October 21 , 2009 at 10:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North,
East, West, North Feeds
4 x 60 minute episodes
Documentary series
The War of 1812 was the war that sealed the destiny of North America. A war unlike any other, it was fought with tomahawks and bayonets amid swarms of black flies in forest clearings and mosquito-infested swamps. Armies lined up 60 feet apart on grassy fields and fired deadly point blank volleys at each other. War canoes travelled 1000 miles in ten days along endless waterways. Enormous frigate ships hurled cannonballs at one another on the Great Lakes. This four-part series brings the War of 1812 to life with actors speaking the participants own words from journals, letters and diary excerpts. Spectacular re-enactment of major land and naval battles, and the use of compelling war-time art provide the extra touch of visual accuracy.
Specials
38. Milestones, Memories and Moving Forward - WORLD PREMIERE
APTN 10th Anniversary Special
Launches:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 9:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East, CT on APTN North, ET on APTN HD
East, West, North and APTNHD Feeds
1 x 90 minute
*Available on HD
On September 1, 2009, APTN will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the launch of the first national Aboriginal television network in the world with programming by, for and about Aboriginal Peoples to share with all Canadians and viewers around the world. To commemorate this occasion, APTN will air a 90-minute special: Milestones, Memories and Moving Forward.
New Seasons for Fall – Specifically North
39. Niqitsiat (Healthy Food) – Season V
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 2:00 AM CT on APTN North
Final Episode 13 will air on Monday, November 30, 2009
North Feed
13 x 30 minute cooking series
Niqitsiat features the preparation and cooking of Inuit traditional foods. Healthy eating and living are promoted through the depiction of delicious and easy to prepare, locally available food. The origin of the food source is also presented – from the sea, from the ice, from the tundra and from the air. Niqitsiat is produced in Iqualuit.
Language: Inuktitut with English closed captioning.
40. Qaujisaut (To See, To Find Out) – Season XI
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 3:30 PM CT on APTN North
Final Episode 13 will air on Monday, November 30, 2009
North Feed
13 x 30 min. episodes
Youth series (ages 13-15 years old)
This program principally directed toward the Inuit youth facing hard choices – caught between two cultures. Entertaining, fast and fun, Qaujisaut promotes up and coming young musical talent while teaching young people important life skills and touching on timely health issues and covering stories important to today’s youth. In the past year this program has added interactive elements including contest segments and a write-in/email segment.
Language: Inuktitut (close captioning in English)
41. Kippinguijautiit (Things to Pass Time By) – Season XI
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM CT on APTN North
Final Episode 26 will air on March 4, 2010
North Feed
26 x 30 minute entertainment series
This show entertains the audience with funny and interesting stories on traditional and contemporary Inuit way of life. Kippinguijautit features northern musical talent and coverage of games and special events. This show entertains the audience through the portrayal of both traditional and contemporary Inuit way of life. Kippinguijautiit features northern musicians, performers, games, athletes, artists, comedians, and storytellers. Various festivals and celebrations are brilliantly showcased in this APTN favourite!
42. Our Dene Elders – Season XI
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 7:30 PM CT on APTN North
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM MT on APTN West
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM ET on APTN East
North, West, East Feeds
Our Dene Elders is a series profiling Elders from the Dene Nation and sharing their wisdom. This story represents Elders stories from five regions (Gwichin, Sahtu, North Slave, South Slave and Akaitcho)
Language: Open captioned/Dene Languages
43. Wawatay Kids – Season VI
Launches:
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 8:30 AM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM CT on APTN North
North, West, East Feeds
13 x 30 min. episodes
Wawatay Kids TV centers around a group of children who have a tree house. Billy, Bonnie, and Jacob learn life lessons and have fun along the way. The show will also feature various segments, which will show children how to make traditional games, and other devices the Anishinawbe people used to keep themselves entertained. Throughout the series smaller animations featuring syllabic animation and information on the clan system will also be featured.
Language: Open captioned/English/Some Ojicree
44. Cry of the Loon – Season III
Launches:
Monday, September 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM CT on APTN North
Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM MT on APTN West, ET on APTN East
Come and join Jerry and Neil on their weekly fishing adventures in Northwestern Ontario. Watch them as they explore local lakes and even venture into the remote locations only accessible by plane. Learn how to properly use some of the more common lures. And enjoy the many shore lunches and meet some of the people that make fishing fun.
45. People Who Changed Lives: Ayisiniwak Ka Wicihiwicik
Launches:
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM CT on APTN North
Final Episode will air on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
North Feed
6 x 30 minute episodes
Ayisiniwak ka wicihiwicik- People That Changed Lives, is a six part limited edition series, which examines individuals who positively impacted and changed lives significantly in remote northern islands and other Métis villages, reserves and hamlets spanning from northeastern Saskatchewan to the far reaching tundra of northern Saskatchewan. Through the resiliency, determination and strength of character, these important individuals struggled to achieve momentous successes that affected whole community’s chances for survival. They struggled through the impacts of catastrophic and unexpected challenges, epidemics, natural disasters and unfortunate incidents. This series shares the celebratory stories of quiet life-long dedication of giving by the spirited Northern Métis, Cree, and Dene.
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