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Sarain Fox is a Canadian Anishinaabe activist, broadcaster and filmmaker.[1] She is most noted for her 2020 documentary film Inendi,[2] for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[3]

A member of the Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways from near Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,[4] she has also been host of the Viceland/APTN documentary series Rise,[5] and cohost of APTN's documentary series Future History.[6]

She appeared as a guest judge in episodes 4 and 5 of the third season of Canada's Drag Race.[7]

References

  1. ^ Dennis Ward, "Sarain Fox documenting and preserving her auntie’s stories before they’re lost". APTN National News, February 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Ben Cousins, "'They had no pity': New documentary chronicles traumatizing life at residential schools". CTV News, March 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "New film tells captivating story of northern Ontario residential school survival". CBC Northern Ontario, December 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sundance ’17: Viceland’s focus on indigenous resistance in “Rise”". Realscreen, January 20, 2017.
  6. ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "TV review: APTN's Future History is about reclaiming Indigenous culture". Now, May 7, 2019.
  7. ^ Joey Nolfi (June 29, 2022). "Brooke Lynn Hytes reunites with Werk Room crush Miss Vanjie on Canada's Drag Race season 3". EW. Retrieved July 12, 2022.