Jennifer Podemski
출생 : 1974-01-01, Toronto, Canada
약력
Jennifer Podemski is an award winning Film and Television Producer and Actor born and raised in Toronto, Canada.
Of mixed First Nations and Israeli descent, Jennifer began her acting career as a teen. Her career blossomed when she was cast as Pique in CBC's The Diviners followed by a starring role in Bruce McDonald's Dance Me Outside.
As her career in front of the camera exploded, Jennifer began to notice the inequity behind the lens. Although all of the roles she was awarded as actor were First Nations characters, she rarely, if ever, saw any First Nations writers, producers or directors.
By 25, with a solid career under her belt, Jennifer opened her first production company, Big Soul Productions (BSP) with fellow burgeoning producer Laura Milliken. BSP became the first Aboriginal owned and operated, full service production company in Canada, producing hundreds of hours of television including three seasons of the award winning Dramatic Series Moccasin Flats for Showcase and APTN.
In 2005, Jennifer branched out on her own and founded Redcloud Studios, Inc.
Although Jennifer has maintained a successful career as an actor, with roles in Degrassi, Republic of Doyle, Sarah Polley's Take This Waltz and Jimmy P alongside Benicio Del Toro, she is most proud of her starring role in her own film Empire of Dirt for which she was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as well as Best Feature Film for her work as producer.
Empire of Dirt premiered at TIFF 2014 and continued to a theatrical release in Canada and traveled the world on the film festival circuit.
Jennifer is also the creator and producer of APTN's famed paranormal series The Other Side, currently shooting it's second season; in her 9th year as Co-Executive Producer and Creative Director of the Indspire Awards (Global, APTN) for which she was nominated for Best Lifestyle Television Show at the 2014 CSA's.
More recently, Jennifer can be seen as Dr. Crowshoe on the award winning drama series Blackstone; HBO's Sensitive Skin with Kim Catrall and in FireSong, written and directed by Adam Garnett Jones.
A storyteller behind and in front of the camera, Jennifer still makes time for training aboriginal youth in film and tv, mentoring and holding self esteem workshops across the US and Canada.
Director
During the COVID-19 pandemic, nine filmmakers isolating in different parts of the world join to make a film. A 9-chapter anthology, this collection created by women filmmakers from South Africa, Germany, Spain, China, United States, and across Canada. ONE(NINE) is a timeless multiversal experience of what it means to find connection in a time of isolation, orchestrated by one of Canada's most fierce and prolific indie filmmakers, Ingrid Veniger.
Mrs. Rosenthal
마약 거래상 주인공 아킬라의 마약 생산 거점에 돈을 훔치러 온 강도단 중 어린 소년을 붙잡으면서, 아킬라가 본인의 어린 시절을 회상하며 전개한 극영화
Mrs. Cappo
카산드라 헤이워드는 모든 것이 완벽하다고 생각한다. 그녀는 강인한 여자로 독신이며 작가로 자신이 정한 방식대로 살고 있다. 그럼 도대체 무엇이 문제인가? 카산드라의 어머니 일레인의 갑작스러운 죽음 직후, 마우스피스가 열린다. 그리고 이를 통해 그녀 자신과 그녀의 ‘순종적인’ 어머니가 사실은 닮았다는 사실과 지난 세대 여성의 투쟁과 오늘날의 현실이 무서울 만큼 닮았다는 것을 알게 된다.
Jackie
Shane, a gay Anishnabe teenager in Northern Ontario, is struggling to support his family in the aftermath of his sister's suicide. If he fails, he will be forced to choose between his family's home and his own future.
Producer
Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena was 15, she was pregnant and, before giving birth, was kicked to the curb by her mom. The cycle continues and Lena is now watching helplessly as her own daughter, Peeka, spirals out of control, landing herself in the hospital following a drug overdose. As a final attempt at survival, Lena decides to return home and face her own mother and a past she’s desperate to escape.
Minnie Mahikan
Like many Native families, Lena Mahikan grew up in the cycle of abuse. Her father, a residential school survivor, was an alcoholic until he killed himself when Lena was 10. Her mother, only 14 years her senior, turned to the slots. By the time Lena was 15, she was pregnant and, before giving birth, was kicked to the curb by her mom. The cycle continues and Lena is now watching helplessly as her own daughter, Peeka, spirals out of control, landing herself in the hospital following a drug overdose. As a final attempt at survival, Lena decides to return home and face her own mother and a past she’s desperate to escape.
Karen
결혼 5년차인 프리랜서 작가 마고(미셸 윌리엄스)는 다정하고 유머러스한 남편 루(세스 로건)와 함께 행복한 결혼생활을 누리고 있다. 어느 날, 일로 떠난 여행길에서 그녀는 우연히 대니얼(루크 커비)을 알게 되고, 처음 만난 순간부터 두 사람은 서로에게 강한 끌림을 느낀다. 설상가상으로 대니얼이 바로 앞집에 산다는 것을 알게 된 마고. 자신도 모르게 점점 커져만 가는 대니얼에 대한 마음과 남편에 대한 사랑 사이에서 갈등하는 그녀의 삶은 점점 흔들리기 시작하는데…
Grace
2차 대전 중 가족이 몰살되는 현장을 목격하며 홀로 생존한 폴란드 출신 유태인 소년 제이콥. 그리스인 고고학자 아토스가 소년을 구조하고 그리스로 데려와 아들처럼 키운다. 어린 시절의 정신적 상처와 이를 극복해가는 그의 글쓰기. 앤 마이클스의 베스트 셀러를 원작으로 한 시적 영상과 대사가 돋보이는 서사적 드라마.
Juanita
Journalist Zenia Arden has disappeared. When her finger turns up on the shores of Lake Ontario next to her blood-soaked car, the police believe they've uncovered a homicide.
Beryl Prince
A eulogy is given for Tommy Prince, Canada’s most-decorated Indigenous war veteran.
Producer
Against the terrifying backdrop of a biological apocalypse, a Native teenager, Brian, comes out to his older sister, Faith, and homophobic brother, Charles. Conflict erupts among them as desperate survivors from the city seek refuge on the rez from the horrors of a 'megapox' epidemic that is quickly devastating urban populations across North America. Through a perilous journey to the city for food, where they rescue Brian's 'friend' in the process (an outrageous drag queen named Tonya), the hungry and frightened youth reach acceptance by facing down their fears.
Marjorie Sebastian
Teevee Tenia has a plan - he intends to persuade Lynx River to dump the RCMP and establish an all Dene Police Force. But Corporal Michelle Kenidi is concerned: will a Dene Police Force in Lynx River be answerable to Canadian law, or to Teevee? When an elderly tourist is found beaten to death, Michelle’s concerns deepen as her suspicions fall upon Teevee’s friend, Matthew Fowler. As Michelle pursues the investigation, painful events from the past come alive. For the community of Lynx River, the investigation holds the town’s very future at stake.
Kate
A black comedy, Don't Think Twice is a disturbing and profound examination of the morals of a man forced to choose between lover and family.
Circus Character
오색창연한 불빛과 현란한 쇼로 불야성을 이루는 환락의 도시 라스베가스. 앨버트(Albert Franklin: 해리 조엘 오스먼트 분)는 이곳 호텔 쇼단에서 일하는 엄마와 단둘이 살고있는 7살 박이 소년이다. 마술사 안톤 아저씨(Antoine: 데니스 메시어 분)에게 마술도 배워 꼬마 마술사 노릇도 하는 앨버트는 가족 같은 매직쇼단 단원들의 사랑을 듬뿍 받으며 행복한 나날을 보낸다. 그러던 어느 날, 앨버트는 교통사고로 갑자기 엄마를 잃고 만다. 엄마의 죽음으로 고아가 되어버린 앨버트는 엄마의 유서에 있는 얼굴도 모르는 엄마의 옛친구, 해리엇(Harriet Franklin: 우피 골드버그 분)에게 보내진다. 엄마의 장례식 때도 눈물을 흘리지 않은 의젓한 앨버트지만, 낯선 곳에서 낯선 사람과의 새생활은 힘들기만한데...
Sadie Maracle
Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When Native Canadian Silas Crow is forced to write a personal essay in order to get a much-desired job, he tells the story of the rape and murder of an Indian girl by a drunken thug. When the killer received a lenient two-year sentence for manslaughter, the First Nations community felt shock and anger -- and tried desperately to deal with the after-effects of this lack of justice.
Morag Gunn (Sonja Smits), a writer who is having trouble with her teenage daughter, examines her own relationship history, which includes a period of turbulence with Jules (Tom Jackson). While she and Jules have known each other since childhood, he is no rock of stability. In addition, he is white, while she is part Native American, so the teenage Morag (Mairon Bennett) experienced racism he can only imagine. Even after they have a daughter, she struggles against the emptiness within her.
