Adeline Bird: removing the white lens in media

This week's episode is about finding self-love and learning to love yourself. Adeline Bird is an Afro-Anishnabe Author, Filmmaker, and Producer. She grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, but is a proud member of Treaty #4 Rolling River First Nations. Adeline currently works as a writer and freelance producer, producing segments for daytime television hit shows such as CTV's The Social & Etalk. A graduate of the National Screen Institute's CBC New Indigenous Voices program, Adeline made her directorial debut with the short film Nappy Hair and Eagle Feather, now featured on CBC Gem. Adeline was one of the 2018 ImagiNative-APTN pitch winners, with her web series entitled iNdigiThreads (currently in pre-development), and part of the 2019 cohort of Telefilm Canada's Talent To Watch. She wrote her first book in 2016, Be Unapologetically You: A Self-Love Guide for Women of Color and currently sits in the Visioning Committee of BIPOC TV & Film, and is a regular speaker for various organizations, as an advocate and thought leader on the ongoing discussions on equity & inclusion in the Canadian media industry.

Listen to this episode to hear Adeline speak of the power of Indigenous women, how people treat her and label her as intimidating, about the white gaze and how media often tells BIPOC stories through a white lens, her hometown of Winnipeg, performative activism, and how quickly our society commodifies Indigenous and Black trauma.

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