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David Poltrack on the secret to an internationally successful television show; on Baywatch being successful abroad

David Poltrack on what makes great television and whether he can predict flops and successes

On her audition for Dances with Wolves and the impact of the film; on working on Black Robe and how it misrepresented Indigenous people; on working on Silent Tongue and playing a role with no dialogue; on her experience on Where the Rivers Flow North

On working on Legends of the Fall and the challenges of shooting on location; on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and her experience on the show; on working on North of 60 and winning a Gemini Award for the role; on comparing the representation of Indigenous people in media in Canada and the United States and the impact of Peter Gzwoski's CBC radio morning show; on how Indigenous rights movements have been ahead in Canada comapred to the United States; on her great-grandfather not having to worry about borders in his time

On working on 500 Nations, the HBO film Grand Avenue, and The Education of Little Tree; on working on Smoke Signals and how it built up confidence in Indigenous stories; on the difference between working on small indie movies and big studio movies; on working on Big Bear and the challenges Gil Cardinal faced as an Indigenous director; on the animated short Stories from the Seventh Fire and directoring voice actors in the film

On co-founding the Saskatoon Native Theatre Company; on writing a short story for the book Our Story: Aboriginal Voices on Canada’s Past; on working on the PBS movie A Thief of Time; on working on Moccasin Flats; on working with Don Cardinal, Lorne Cardinal's father; on receiving honorary doctorates; on working on Unnatural and Accidental

Tantoo Cardinal on working on the PBS movie A Thief of Time

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tantoo Cardinal on working on North of 60

Tantoo Cardinal on working on 500 Nations

Tantoo Cardinal on Big Bear

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Moccasin Flats

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Sam Shepard on Silent Tongue

Tantoo Cardinal on working with River Phoenix in Silent Tongue

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Larry Sellers on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and his role in keeping the integrity of how Indigenous culture was portrayed on the show

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Jake Eberts on The Education of Little Tree and their disagreement on who should be cast in the role of "Granpa"

Tantoo Cardinal on how James Cromwell came to be cast as "Granpa" in The Education of Little Tree

Tantoo Cardinal on wanting Harry Daniels to be cast as "Granpa" in The Education of Little Tree

Tantoo Cardinal on Gil Cardinal directing Big Bear and the challenges he experienced as an Indigenous director

Tantoo Cardinal on Gerri Cook producing the animated short Stories from the Seventh Fire

Tantoo Cardinal on her audition for Dancing with Wolves and learning Lakota for the film

Tantoo Cardinal on performing a character with no dialogue on Silent Tongue and acting to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on choosing to work on the film Where the Rivers Flow North instead of the series North of 60 to avoid getting stuck with one character

Tantoo Cardinal on the difference between working on small indie movies and big studio movies

Tantoo Cardinal on Gil Cardinal directing Big Bear and the challenges he experienced as an indigenous director

Tantoo Cardinal on directing voice actors on the animated short Stories from the Seventh Fire

Tantoo Cardinal on playing two characters interacting with each other in the opening scene of Unnatural and Accidental

Tantoo Cardinal on acting in order to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on her experience reading the script of Dancing with Wolves and the impact the film had on the perception of Indigenous people