Both seasons of the Winnifred Jong-created series will premiere on The Roku Channel on Jan. 10, 2023.
The Toronto producer is poised to become a “changemaker” with plans to launch her own production company and an Asian-Canadian crew database.
The LGBTQ+ specialty network and streamer has also picked up docu-reality series X-Rated: NYC.
Inconvenient Indian won the Allan King Award for Excellence in Documentary, while In the Tall Grass earned directorial achievement in feature film, plus Tracey Deer and Winnifred Jong picked up prizes.
The writer/director’s new comedy project follows an on-call casting agency that helps desperate producers meet their diversity quotas when they’re in a bind.
After more than 20 years as a sought-after script supervisor, this creative is rebranding herself as a director.
Rama Rau and Winnifred Jong are among eight filmmakers bringing an in-development movie project or web series to the program.