Interview With Ashley Callingbull, January 2012

Blackstone is a Gemini award-winning Canadian television series based on a fictitious Canadian First Nations reserve. It airs on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN) and features some of the best aboriginal actors in North America. The second season premiered last week. Blackstone is part of the recent trend to portray the realities of reserve life and the heroic struggles of First Nations peoples to overcome personal demons and the after-effects of years of oppression. Cast member Ashley Callingbull is an international beauty pageant winner (including Miss Canada 2010), an actress, singer, children’s advocate, motivational speaker, and the niece of … Continue reading Interview With Ashley Callingbull, January 2012

Casting Your Bread on the Water and Watching it Return to you a Hundredfold

The Mindful Bard: Who Cares? Wanda Waterman The Voice Magazine, Volume 22 Issue 17 2014-04-25 Film: Who Cares Director: Mara Mourão “We are not guests here. We create our own life. We create our own world. Before we create our world we must imagine what kind of world we want to create and then start doing that.” -Muhammad Yunus, founder of Kiva, a global organization that provides micro-loans to the poor “I define ideas like a parachute. A parachute is a wonderful achievement only when it is used for what it’s meant for. If you wrap a parachute around yourself … Continue reading Casting Your Bread on the Water and Watching it Return to you a Hundredfold