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Canadian Heritage committee What I would say is that as a racialized producer primarily the content that I have made has been specific to Black and queer communities. I feel that this is a great moment, and the CMPA strongly supports a fully inclusive broadcasting sector that reflects the diversity of Canad
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Damon D'Oliveira
Canadian Heritage committee Just to finish what I'd started earlier, we're now in development for a spinoff of The Book of Negroes with the CBC, which resulted in our maintaining ownership of the underlying IP. Had I done this with a digital streaming service, it might not have come to pass. If I might, I
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Damon D'Oliveira
Canadian Heritage committee No, I do go on.
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Damon D'Oliveira
Canadian Heritage committee Yes, absolutely. Thank you for your question. I can speak to a recent production of mine, The Book of Negroes, which is based on a wonderful piece of IP, the novel written by Lawrence Hill, and which my company was able to option in 2009. We proceeded to make it into a televisio
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Damon D'Oliveira
Canadian Heritage committee That future will, in no small part, be determined by the fate of Bill C-10, and the tools it would confer on the CRTC to regulate foreign web giants. The Internet has fundamentally transformed the way in which content reaches Canadian audiences, and streaming services have revol
February 22nd, 2021Committee meeting
Damon D'Oliveira