I’d done a number of series leads were fun and interesting. Latimer had already made the decision to segue out of the business and acting when the universe nudged her toward finding another way to tell stories. And so you have your wish list and then, ‘How do I translate this wish list into the actual storytelling?’” And then the intuitive part is … there are parts of the book that I love that I just want to see on the screen. I work very thematically, so I’ll break the season down into themes and what articulates this theme, ‘Do we need a new character embody this thematic thing?’ And so I do that. And for me, it was really Jared’s story and tracking those emotional arcs of the characters,” she explains. It’s not like a 10-episode arc, and Eden’s books are sprawling and wonderful. Latimer faced the challenge of translating the book to screen for a tight, six-episode season, and looked to themes to help drive the narrative. , don’t be disappointed if you don’t see it in season one, because could very well be seeing it in season two.” was loosely based on one season per book, fans will see things they loved in book one. And we’re writing right now and there are things that are in the book that I just was so sad that I couldn’t put into the first season that I’m bringing into a second season. ![]() The good news for fans of the books is that the series is already renewed for another season, and when we spoke, Latimer was just ramping up on that. ![]() It’s not something I take for granted and I certainly have no expectation around it.” “It’s just so lovely because you work so hard on something and often you don’t really expect any return and it’s so nice when the returns happen.” And then very strange to also be celebrating that in the time of COVID when the festival is shifting and changing,” she shares. “You just make something and you hope it hits, but every time I’ve worked accepted into a festival or recognized a certain way, it feels like a huge gift. ![]() I think it was certainly unexpected, of course. He’s already got a pretty full plate when things take a turn toward the supernatural and magic realism starts bleeding in.Īs the series is set to air, Latimer is grateful for the attention it’s receiving, and especially its inclusion in TIFF. Jared balances them with Maggie’s erratic dealer, Richie ( Joel Thomas Hynes), attentive new stranger in town, Wade ( Kalani Queypo), a relationship with new neighbor, Sarah ( Anna Lambe), going to school and running bullying interference for his BFF, Crashpad ( Nathan Alexis), and an after-school job that also happens to be the perfect cover from his side hustle running Ecstasy through his community. I spoke with her about the series, and TIFF’s inclusion of it and her latest documentary, Inconvenient Indian, which received the People’s Choice Documentary Award and Amplify Voices Best Canadian Feature Film Award at the festival last month.Ī thoroughly Indigenous project behind the scenes and on camera, the series focuses on Jared ( Joel Oulette), an Indigenous teen who’s seemingly the only source of stability for his fractured family - mom Maggie ( Crystle Lightning), who’s struggling with a variety of internal and external forces and dad, Phil ( Craig Lauzon), who’s estranged from Maggie and not terribly motivated to do much of anything. The series is the first creator and showrunner credit for Latimer, who cut her teeth in the industry as an actress and later, an award-winning documentarian. This Wednesday, CBC launches Trickster, a unique and special new drama series co-created (with Tony Elliott), written, and directed by Michelle Latimer and based on Eden Robinson’s trilogy of novels.
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