As October is the season for spine-chilling movies and shows, CBC’s hotly anticipated series “Trickster,” premiering on Oct. 7, is making waves for spinning a drama unlike any other. “I feel like it’s both a coming-of-age story, but also an Indigenous gothic story that uses supernatural elements to unpack a family’s healing,” showrunner Michelle Latimer told HuffPost Canada. Based on the best-selling trilogy by author Eden Robinson, “Trickster” follows teenage Jared and the chaos, both otherworldly and interpersonal, that dogs his every waking moment in Kitimat, B.C.. Trickster” is a fun watch first and foremost, but Oulette also aims to dismantle Canadian perceptions that Indigenous experiences are a monolith. pic.twitter.com/JHRPhQ6QWD — Trickster (@TricksterCBC) September 30, 2020As Latimer points out, the Indigenous lore ― Haisla Nation’s, in particular ― featured in the show comes from an authentic place, unlike pop culture’s racist cliches of vision quests and burial grounds.

Source: Huffington Post October 05, 2020 21:22 UTC