{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Lynda Powless","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/lynda\/","title":"Award-winning book to become docudrama series - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1zcxQVfwvm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/award-winning-book-to-become-docudrama-series\/\">Award-winning book to become docudrama series<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/02\/award-winning-book-to-become-docudrama-series\/embed\/#?secret=1zcxQVfwvm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Award-winning book to become docudrama series&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"1zcxQVfwvm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Crystal St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter M\u00e9tis\/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 \u201cshe tells her story,\u201d 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","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}