Dreamcatcher Bios
Dreamcatcher Bios
DOCUSERIES 🔴 13EPS x 30MINS 🔴 ENGLISH 🔴 DENE
a 13-part, half-hour documentary series that tells the life stories of globally successful Indigenous role models.
Every episode of Dreamcatcher Bios introduces the audience to a famous and inspirational “hero.” Our Dene narrator will guide us through the tribulations our heroes endured, and the eventual triumphs they celebrate, that make them the role models they are today.
These heroes are changing perceptions of Indigenous people in North America, and are representing Indigenous culture in a way the world rarely sees.
DIRECTOR
SHANNON KAPLUN
DIRECTOR
Ernest Webb
"Dreamcatcher Bios" is a 13-part, half-hour documentary series that tells the life stories of globally successful Indigenous role models.
To watch the show and find broadcast schedules, go to www.aptn.ca
Globally successful Indigenous superstars
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Tia Carrere
Actor/Activist
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Taboo
Hip Hop Artist
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Dwight King
Professional Hockey Player
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George Starke
NFL Offensive Lineman
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John Herrington
Astronaut
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Billy Mills
Olympian
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Graham Greene
Actor
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Chuck Billy
Singer
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Tantoo Cardinal
Actress
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Rita Coolidge
Singer
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Digging Roots
Music Duo
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Wes Studi
Actor
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Successful Entrepreneurs
The Seminole Tribe of Florida
Successful Entrepreneurs
The Seminole Tribe of Florida have a true story of resilience. Faced with termination in the 1950s, the Seminoles fought near-bankruptcy to become an economic powerhouse.
The Seminole Tribe of Florida went from being one of the poorest nations in the United States to owning one of biggest hotel-casino franchises in the world. One of three federally-recognized Seminole entities, they are self-governed by an elected tribal council, and have approximately 2000 members living on six reservations in Florida.
Over 60 years ago, poverty was rampant among the Seminoles. But with the rise of tourism in the 1960s, things began to change. A number of traditional villages were established along the Tamiami trail, becoming some of the earliest tourist attractions in the Miami area. Tourism became their main source of income, and families would sell arts and crafts to people from all over the world. Their children would sing traditional songs and recite English poetry for money, although their biggest attraction and claim to fame was alligator wrestling. But the Seminoles needed more to be able to take care of their members.
The tribe began their journey towards prosperity in the late 1960s, under the leadership of Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, the first and only female chairwoman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
In December 1979, The Seminole Tribe of Florida opened the first high-stakes bingo hall in Florida, which became the band’s primary source of income, and spurred their steady climb towards self-sufficiency. The band grew so prosperous that when the opportunity came to make a bid on Hard Rock International, a brand comprised of restaurants, hotels, concert venues, casinos and music memorabilia, they were ready.
On March 5, 2007, under their landmark “Council Oak” tree on the Hollywood reservation, the Seminole Tribe of Florida officially became the first Native American tribe to successfully purchase an international company.
The Seminoles are proud to have earned their independence, which allows them to take care of each and every community member. They’ve since put in place health, education, public works, broadcasting, and environmental departments, as well as a library, Veteran’s Building, and Historic Preservation Office.
“Our wealth is not designed for accumulation. Our wealth is by sharing. We started with nothing and we’ve been blessed. We went from dependent to independent. And other tribes can do the same thing.” – Max B. Osceola Jr., former Tribal Council Representative.
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John Herrington
Astronaut
John Herrington is the first Indigenous astronaut to travel into space.
John, who is a proud member of the Chickasaw Nation, was selected as a Mission Specialist for the 2002 flight STS-113, the sixteenth space shuttle mission to the International Space Station on the Endeavour. Before John found his calling, he struggled to finish high school and flunked out of college after Freshman year. Feeling lost, he took a job rock climbing on a survey crew in Colorado, a major turning point in his life journey. Scaling mountains everyday, he discovered he had an aptitude to perform well under physical and mental pressure.
John went back to university where he earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) in 1984. From there, he attended Aviation Officer Candidate School where he excelled as a pilot. He spent a decade as a Naval Commander on missions that took him around the world, from Alaska to the Philippines.
By 1995, he had a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering and applied to NASA. One year later, he was accepted and chosen to be a member of the sixteenth group of astronauts. Six years later, he launched into space on the Endeavour for flight STS-113. Their mission was to bring three people to space and bring three people home, as well as to install a new truss on the left side of the space station. The mission was a success, and according to John, was the pinnacle of his career.
Always an adventurer, John sought out new challenges after retiring from the Navy and NASA. He soon realized the Indigenous community saw him as a role model. He went back to school and earned a PhD in education.
Ever since, John has been an advocate for the sciences, embarking on a cross-country bike trek in 2008 to promote and encourage youth to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In 2016, he wrote a children’s book, Mission to Space, about his life journey and Chickasaw heritage. John now tours schools with his book, inspiring the next generation to dream big.
Incorporating the Chickasaw language into his book was important to John, “There was never a word for astronaut, so the elders and fluent speakers came back and said aba’nowa’, which means ‘walks above.’”
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Wes Studi
Actor
Wes Studi is one of the most well-known Indigenous actors in the world. The Cherokee actor is best known for his work in The Last of the Mohicans, The New World, and one of the highest grossing films of all time, Avatar.
Wes was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. As a boy, Wes, a fluent Cherokee speaker, was sent to school at Murrow Indian Children’s Home. At 13, he applied to the Chilocco School of Opportunity for Indian Youth. It was the first time he ever met Indigenous people from other nations. While there, he became interested in the military and was drafted into the army in 1968, serving in Vietnam for a year.
Life was difficult for Wes when he returned home. He drifted around and spent time living in a halfway house before applying to Tulsa Junior College through the GI Bill. It was there he first learned about all the injustices of the past towards Indigenous people of North America. Wes joined the American Indian Movement, and took part in the Wounded Knee protests.
After several odd jobs teaching Cherokee and writing for a newspaper, Wes got his first taste of acting when the University of Nebraska was looking for Indigenous talent for a series of educational videos. Wes was hooked, and decided to make the move to Los Angeles to try and break into industry. It wasn’t easy, but Wes was determined, “The fear of having to go home and say it didn’t work out. The fear of failure, it drove me.”
After landing a few bit parts, Wes landed a big one, as the Toughest Pawnee in 1990’s Dances With Wolves. Since then, he’s brought many characters to life in projects like Heat, Deep Rising, Mystery Men, and more recently, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Penny Dreadful, and Hostiles.
Wes lives in New Mexico with his wife Maura, and together they host film workshops for Indigenous youth in collaboration with Silver Bullet Productions.
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Chuck Billy
Singer
Chuck Billy is the lead singer for Testament, one of the first Thrash Metal bands to put the genre on the map.
Chuck grew up in Oakland, California and is of Mexican heritage on his mother’s side, and Pomo heritage on his father’s side. Chuck studied music in college, focusing on voice, guitar and theory.
When a Thrash Metal band called Legacy was looking for a new member in 1986, Chuck took a shot and auditioned. Thrash Metal, a sub-genre of Heavy Metal, is known for its fast tempos and aggression, and often deal with social issues and critique of the establishment. Though Chuck had no experience in the genre, he brought something new to the table, “Once I understood the timing, I still had in the back of my mind, as a trained vocalist, to try to find the melody or a vocal hook, something memorable. So that’s what I think I brought to the band.”
The next thing he knew, he was dying his frosted hair black and putting on a biker jacket to be the new frontman for Legacy. Prior to the release of their first album in 1987, the band changed their name to Testament.
In the early days, Heavy Metal was known as white working-class music, and it was rare to have band members who were anything else, including Indigenous. The audience’s appetite for thrash metal quickly grew, and Testament found international success with albums The New Order, The Ritual, and Practice What You Preach. In the fall of 1990, Testament joined metal giants Megadeth and Slayer for the European leg of their Clash of the Titans tour, one of the most successful metal tours in history.
The 1990s saw the new genre of grunge explode on the music scene, and record companies started to drop metal bands. Despite the release of a successful album, The Ritual, Testament began to falter. Chuck’s bandmates started to leave the group, one by one, and Testament became a revolving door of musicians.
In 2001, Chuck was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors found a tumour in his chest cavity putting pressure on his heart. Chuck spent the next two years battling cancer, and won. That battle helped bring his former bandmates back together, and Testament was resurrected, releasing three new albums, including Dark Roots of Earth, which features the song Native Blood, a nod to Chuck’s heritage.
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Graham Greene
Actor
Graham Greene is an Oscar-nominated actor best known for his iconic roles in Dances with Wolves and Maverick.
Graham is Oneida, from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, located an hour southwest of Toronto, Ontario. Before discovering acting, Graham worked as a welder, an ironworker and an audio technician. Graham enrolled in the acting program at the Centre for Indigenous Theatre in Toronto from which he graduated in 1974. He worked for several years as a theatre actor living with roommates in Toronto, including actor and childhood friend, Gary Farmer. Graham eventually broke into TV and film, booking small roles in Spirit Bay, Running Brave, and Powwow Highway.
Graham’s big break came in 1990 with the release of Dances With Wolves, starring, and directed by, Kevin Costner. Graham was cast as Kicking Bird and learned some of the Lakota language for the role, which proved to be a challenge for Graham. “It took almost a month to learn the dialogue. And I was studying eight hours a day, probably seven days a week. And one day I finally got through the whole script, got up the next morning and I couldn’t remember a darn thing. It was heartbreaking.”
But Graham persevered like the true professional he is, and reaped the benefits. For his work as Kicking Bird, Graham received a nomination for best supporting actor at the 1991 Academy Awards, alongside Al Pacino, Bruce Davison, Andy Garcia, and Joe Pesci, who won for his role in Goodfellas.
Graham has also been successful in breaking the colour barrier, landing non-ethnic roles, most recently in Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game, starring Jessica Chastain, and in 1995’s box-office success, Die Hard with a Vengeance, starring Bruce Willis. Graham has received numerous other accolades, including a 1994 Gemini Award for his work in The Adventure of Dudley the Dragon, and the Gemini’s 2004 Earle Grey Award for Lifetime Achievement. Other notable works of Graham’s include Skins, The Green Mile, Longmire, The Shack, and Wind River.
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Tantoo Cardinal
Actor/Activist
Tantoo Cardinal is one of the most widely recognized Indigenous actors in the world.
Tantoo is best known for her iconic roles in Dances With Wolves, Legends of the Fall, and Smoke Signals. Tantoo was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Raised by her grandmother who was Dene, Tantoo also has Cree, Métis, and Nakota heritage. For Tantoo, her four different heritages tie in as such; Cree is her language, Dene are her important relatives, Nakota is her spiritual side, and Metis is cultural.
Acting was not a planned career choice for Tantoo. She was living in Edmonton at the time, and was drawn to the Alberta Native Communications Society, Canada’s first Indigenous broadcasting company. A friend happened to give her name to a casting director for a small docudrama. She got the part, and the rest is history.
Loyalties (1987) was Tantoo’s breakthrough film. It was her first big hit for which she received several Best Actress awards. “It’s not about me, it’s about us. For me it’s about the stories that are necessary at the time. The issue of sexual abuse, molestation, all of that, was underground. I felt really proud to be part of that story. Anytime you want to go into new territory and bring truth to the surface, there’s all kinds of resistance, right? But that’s the definition of creativity; friction.”
Her career quickly developed into an impressive body of work, earning her worldwide recognition. With over 100 credits to her name, Tantoo has worked with some of the best in the business; Kevin Costner, Graham Greene, Brad Pitt, Sir Anthony Hopkins, James Cromwell, Adam Beach, Gary Farmer, Jason Momoa, and Tina Keeper, to name a few. In 2017, she was awarded the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s Earle Grey Award for lifetime achievement.
Tantoo is also known for her work as an environmental and political activist, most recently taking part in the Keystone Pipeline protests, alongside friend and fellow actor, the late Margot Kidder. Indigenous activism and representation are causes she holds dear to her heart. Through her talent and passion, Tantoo is paving the way for young Indigenous actors. You can find Tantoo’s most recent work on the acclaimed series’ Longmire, Frontier, and Godless.
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Billy Mills
Olympian
Billy Mills is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the 10,000-metre run at the 1964 summer games in Tokyo, Japan.
Billy is Oglala Lakota and was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. After losing his mother at a young age, Billy was raised by his father, who was his biggest inspiration, and pushed him to follow his dreams.
“My dad told me I had broken wings. He took a stick and drew a circle. Step inside the circle, son. He said, look inside of your heart, your mind, your body, your spirit, your soul. What do you find? I couldn’t respond. Boom! He clapped his hands. I’ll tell you what you find. Anger. Hate. Jealousy. Self-pity. Look deeper. Way down deep where the dreams lie. Find your dreams, son. It’s the pursuit of a dream that heals broken souls.”
When Billy was 12 years old, his father passed away and he went to live at a residential school in Lawrence, Kansas. It was there Billy discovered running, after a coach suggested he give it a try. He excelled, and won the unofficial state cross-country championship and a ticket to the University of Kansas, where he met his wife, Pat.
Billy was in the United States Marine Corps when he made the Olympic team, both in the 10,000 metre run and the marathon. Heading to Tokyo, Billy was virtually unknown and not expected to win, making his gold medal win even more glorious. He remains the only North American to ever win gold in this event. Billy’s triumphant race was immortalized in the 1983 film, Running Brave, featuring then up and coming Indigenous actors, Graham Greene and Tantoo Cardinal.
In 1986, Billy and Pat started their organization, Running Strong for American Indian Youth. The organization’s original mission was to help Indigenous communities with basic needs like water and lodging and has since grown to include Education and other programs designed to create opportunities for self-sufficiency and self-esteem. Over the last 30 years, Running Strong has raised over 125 million dollars and in 2012, President Obama awarded Billy the Presidential Citizens Medal. Billy and Pat live in Sacramento, California. They have four daughters, twelve grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
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Tia Carrere
Actor/Singer
Tia Carrere is a great role model for youth. An actress and Grammy-winning singer, Tia was born and raised by her grandmother in Honolulu, Hawai’i, and she has become synonymous with contemporary Hawaiian culture. Tia grew up speaking Hawaiian Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole English), and singing traditional Hawaiian songs, which she later recorded with long time friend, and fellow Hawaiian, Daniel Ho, winning multiple Grammys. Tia has brought Hawaiian culture to a global audience, not only with her award-winning albums, but also through her portrayal of Hawaiian characters in Hawaii Five-O, You May Not Kiss the Bride, Legend of Hallowaiian, and her most beloved Hawaiian role to date, big sister Nani in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch.
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Taboo
Hip Hop Artist
Taboo, aka Jimmy Gomez, is a member of Grammy Award-winning music group, The Black Eyed Peas.
He was born in Boyle Heights, California, and raised in East Los Angeles. Taboo, who is of Shoshone and Mexican descent, didn’t know much about his Shoshone heritage until he was older, learning his history from his maternal grandmother who was from Jerome, Arizona. She played a big role in his rise to success, encouraging him from a young age to work on his performing skills.
“I would perform in her living room. We would play music and she would just inspire me to dance, because she was a dancer too. Everything that music meant to her channeled into me, so I kind of took my grandmother’s spirit when she passed away. I feel like when I’m on that dance floor, I’m performing. I’m that spiritual warrior.”
After meeting and impressing will.i.am and apl.de.ap on the dance floor of a club in L.A., Taboo was asked to join The Black Eyed Peas in 1995. The group went on to release several multi-platinum albums like Elephunk, Monkey Business, and The E.N.D. The Black Eyed Peas are best known for their number one hits, Where Is The Love?, Boom Boom Pow, and I Gotta Feeling, garnering multiple Grammy, Billboard, MTV, Juno, and American Music Awards, to name a few.
Despite his success, there have also been a few bumps on Taboo’s journey to the top. In 2004, Taboo was diagnosed with stage 2 testicular cancer. After aggressive chemotherapy he is now cancer-free and released a single entitled The Fight, chronicling his healing journey and raising money for the American Cancer Society.
Taboo’s latest fight has been in the name of Indigenous rights in North America, speaking out against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, North Dakota. Taboo released a song and video, Stand Up / Stand N Rock #NoDAPL in 2016, in support of the Standing Rock Reservation and the Sioux Tribe as they lead a peaceful and powerful movement to stop the pipeline. Taboo is also passionate about helping disadvantaged youth. He visits schools in the hopes of inspiring them to dream, and to help motivate them to reach for those dreams.
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Dwight King
Professional Hockey Player
Dwight King is a professional hockey player who won two Stanley Cups with the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings.
Dwight, who is Métis, grew up in a hockey family in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. At 10 years old, Dwight started to get serious about hockey. He began putting in extra training time on and off the ice. By 14, he was 6-feet tall playing Bantam in the Meadow Lake Minor Hockey league. The following year he moved on to AAA hockey, playing for Beardy’s Midget AAA Blackhawks, the first and only Midget AAA hockey program in Canada operated by a First Nation. Dwight’s next transition was to the Western Hockey League (WHL) playing for the Lethbridge Hurricanes.
In 2007, Dwight’s hard work finally paid off when he was drafted by the L.A. Kings, 109th overall. He played for the L.A. Kings’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate team, the Manchester Monarchs. In 2010, Dwight was called up into the NHL to replace an injured player. But his climb was short-lived and he was sent back down to the AHL after six games.
During the 2012 season, Dwight got another shot. He was called up again, and this time he proved himself, scoring his first goal in February 2012 against the Dallas Stars. He went on to score five goals and got three assists in the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, helping the Kings win their first Stanley Cup. Dwight scored his first hat trick of his career, scoring 3 goals in an October 2013 game against the Phoenix Coyotes . Dwight and the Kings won the cup again in 2014.
In March 2017, Dwight was traded to the Montreal Canadiens . In August 2017, he signed a two-year deal with Russia’s Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the KHL.
Despite his success, Dwight hasn’t forgotten his roots. No matter how busy his schedule, Dwight brings his family home every summer to Meadow Lake, where he and his family run a hockey camp for the kids. Dwight’s brother, D.J. King, has also played professional hockey.
On working hard for something you love, Dwight says, “It’s a big commitment, not just from yourself, but from your parents, friends. You’ve got to commit a lot of time, a lot of effort. Sacrifice a lot of other activities that maybe other kids are doing. But the joy you get at the end of the day? It’s worth it.”
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George Starke
NFL Offensive Lineman
George Starke is a former NFL Offensive Lineman who played for the Washington Redskins, helping his team win the 1983 Super Bowl against the Miami Dolphins.
George, who has Mohawk ancestry on his mother’s side, grew up in New Rochelle, New York. His father was a school teacher and his mother was a nurse. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, George faced racial tension being a mix of Black and Indigenous heritage, but instead of letting it get to him, George used it to push himself harder.
“Most of the black kids went to the black elementary school. My parents wanted me to go to the white elementary school. To these white kids, in their minds, all black people were poor and stupid. And lived in the ghetto. That’s the reason I had to be the best. Life is what it is. You’ve got to win anyway, though. It’s like a football game.”
Now a legend in NFL history, George had a tough time getting started. He played football in high school, encouraged by his coach, Mr. Ryan. George attended Columbia University, where he played football and excelled academically. But after graduation, George’s pro football career had a rough start. He tried and failed to make it in the NFL several times. First, he tried out for the Washington Redskins and was told by the head coach he was terrible. The Kansas City Chiefs also rejected him, and the Dallas Cowboys did the same.
But George wouldn’t give up. He drove back to Washington, D.C. and tried out one more time for the Redskins. He made the team in 1973 and the rest is NFL history. George spent the next 10 years growing as a player and developed great chemistry with his teammates, eventually helping them make it to three Super Bowl Championships, including the 1983 win against the Dolphins. One of George’s notable contributions to his team was his role as ‘Head Hog’ of ‘The Hogs,’ the Redskins’ famous offensive line.
In 1996, George founded a not-for-profit job training facility called the Excel Institute. It was designed as a two-year education program for at-risk youth above the age of sixteen. All students were admitted on full scholarships. In 2010, after graduating over 500 students, George retired from management and the Board of the Excel Institute. George now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife Petra, and their son.
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Rita Coolidge
Singer
Rita Coolidge is a multi-Grammy Award winning recording artist who’s had hits on Billboard’s pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts.
Rita was raised in Lafayette, Tennessee, by a minister father and school teacher mother. Music was a part of her life from a young age. Growing up, Rita sang in a trio with her two sisters, Priscilla and Linda.
Rita’s family moved to Florida where she attended college at Florida State University. After college, Rita headed to Memphis to pursue a music career. Rita’s first break came when she booked a gig singing with the rock/soul ensemble, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends. In 1970, Rita had the opportunity to join English musician Joe Cocker on his Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour. On that tour, she caught yet another break as the only backup singer asked to sing a solo in the show.
After the Cocker tour, A&M Records offered her a solo record deal and in 1971, she released two albums, the self-titled Rita Coolidge, and Nice Feelin’. Her next two albums, The Lady’s Not for Sale and Fall into Spring found moderate success on the US charts, but it was her work with then husband, singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson, that brought her big accolades. Together, the couple won two Grammys for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for their songs, From the Bottle to the Bottom, and Lover Please.
Rita’s biggest hit, the 1977 single (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher, reached number two on the charts, earning her a gold record. In 1983, Rita sang the title song, All Time High, for the James Bond film Octopussy. Later in her career, encouraged by friend Robbie Robertson of The Band, Rita joined forces with her sister Priscilla and niece Laura to form Walela, a musical trio inspired by their Cherokee ancestry.
In 2016, Rita released her memoir, Delta Lady, which chronicles her life, and her fascinating journey through the 60s-70s pop/rock universe. And 2018 marked the release of Rita’s first album in six years, Safe in the Arms of Time.
On advice she got from Quincy Jones, “He said to me once, it’s not always about riding the top of the circle. Sometimes you’re up here and then you’ve got to swing back down a little bit, you know? It’s not always going to be up here. It wouldn’t be any good. So, you got to swing back down. and then enjoy the ride back up, and see who’s still with you.”
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Digging Roots
Musical Duo
Digging Roots are a Juno-winning husband and wife music duo, Raven Kanatakta Polson-Lahache and Sho-Shona Kish, whose style blends folk-rock, pop, blues and hip hop with the traditional sounds of Indigenous music. Digging Roots has collaborated with Indigenous music giants like A Tribe Called Red, Kinnie Starr, and Tanya Tagaq.
Sho-Shona is Anishinabe, from Batchewana First Nation, but grew up mostly in Toronto. Raven is Anishinabe and Mohawk, from Winneway, Quebec, a small reserve where “everyone knows your name”. Raven and Sho-Shona both ended up in Ottawa, where they met in 2004. Raven’s family relocated to Canada’s capital city when he was 14, and Sho-Shona moved there for school.
A friend tuned Raven on to a new musician in town, Sho-Shona, and suggested they meet. Raven looked her up on one of his visits home, and the two hit it off right away. After talking for hours, he accompanied her to an audition she had for a slot in a music festival. They spontaneously decided to audition as a duo and booked the slot, planting the seed that would grow into Digging Roots.
They came from different backgrounds, but as Indigenous people, they both had experienced the common oppression and systemic racism in some way or another, which is reflected in their music. And, they fell in love. Two years later, they released their debut album, Seeds. The following year they won the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Group. Their second album, We Are, won the Juno Award for Aboriginal Album of the Year in 2010. The duo released a third album in 2014, For the Light, and are preparing to release their newest album, The Hunter & The Healer, on which their oldest son, Skye, plays the drums.
Having both been raised by activist parents at a time when Indigenous activism was on the rise, their music explores and raises awareness of the social injustices that still exist today. “Our activism is kind of in the way that we live, more than anything. It’s built on how we live as a family,” says Raven.
“Walking gently on the earth and being very mindful of the kind of parents we are. And looking at what seeds we’re planting for the future. That to me is the most powerful activism,” Sho-Shona adds. Raven and Sho-Shona live in Barrie, Ontario with their two sons.
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Credits
Executive Producer
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
CHRISTINA FON
LINDA LUDWICK
STEVIE SALAS
ERNEST WEBB
Directors
SHANNON KAPLUN
ERNEST WEBB
Writers
SHANNON KAPLUN
CARL FREED
REBECCA LESSARD
ERNEST WEBB
Producer
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
CHRISTINA FON
LINDA LUDWICK
LISA M. ROTH
director of photography
EDITH LABBÉ
Editors
CARL FREED
REBECCA LESSARD
Music by
BRIAN D’OLIVEIRA
DENE TRANSLATION AND
VOICE-OVERS
ALLAN ADAM
JESSIE SYLVESTRE