By Crystal St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Métis/Cree filmmaker Barbara Todd Hager will be adapting the award-winning book On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe to a three-part docudrama series titled On Distant Shores. Todd Hager also owns Acimow Media, which she established in 2021. Acimow means “she tells her story,” in Cree. The Indigenous-owned production company, based in Vancouver, specializes in the production of international Indigenous documentaries. The book was optioned to the company by its author Caroline Dodds Pennock providing Todd Hager a certain amount of time to find financial support and a broadcaster for the series. Todd Hager said she became interested in reaching out to Dodds Pennock after she read the book. She travelled to Europe for other reasons but decided to reach out…
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